Just commented about the same thing on another thread.
There are some very talented players amongst this group.
Today was their worst performance so far in the competition.
It was, but it was an odd one
Israel are actually pretty decent, but they stood off us pretty much the entire game, which was weird .
I understood it when it was 0-0, but after we scored, they still continued and the last 5 mins of the first half was a farce.
They didn't come out of their half and we just passed the ball about in our own half. I am pretty certain Sunderland will complain when they get to hear about it.
At one point, for 20 to 30 seconds at a time, we just stood on the ball and everything came to a standstill. No press from them and Colwill just stood with the ball, motionless. It was so odd.
Even odder still was the Israel fans seemingly booing because we stopped and didn't attack.
Israel were much better when they pressed us, but they hardly did it at all and didn't really go for it until they were 2 nil down and there were about 7 mins left on the clock.
Anyway, England were slick and the defence played well too. .
Bring on the final
5pm KO. Could clash with a climactic end of day at Headingley. Or it might just rain all day up there.
Didn't you know it! There goes my 'Excellent game management' winning the game for the young lions, comment.
This is no time for financial advice - There's a game of football going on.
We had some excellent chances to kill the game off really.
I thought we were very good for the most part.
Great win.
