To begin with, the selection of the English team was wrong! Mark Noble and Danny Drinkwater had a place in The Three Lions’ squad. However, Hodgson preferred to give Wilshere a chance, which was a total mistake. Wilshere recorded only 140 minutes of playing time during the season and his invitation for the national team was quite a surprising one.
Moreover, Adam Lallana, who showed he just can’t find the net kept finding his place among the starting eleven! Ross Barkley could have been more helpful, but you can’t know that, because you didn’t give him the chance to appear for a single minute on the pitch… And another good player – James Milner, who has proved he is reliable and can help the team was just on a trip in France. He recorded only 3 minutes of playing time. Then, why you took 23 players? Why didn’t you take just 11?
Joe Hart had nothing to do during the 360 minutes he spent on the pitch at the Euro 2016, except Russia’s late equalizer, Bale’s long-distance free-kick and Iceland’s 2 goals. Maybe, he made only 2 saves and let the opponents score easy goals. Then, why you play him again, when you have picked another 2 good goalkeepers?
When something is going wrong, you need to change the tactics and the players on the pitch. Harry Kane was awful during the whole time he was on the pitch. Why didn’t you take him off? And another question – why did he take all the free-kicks? Don’t make me ask you about the corners…
I just want to ask Roy Hodgson – why he kept his tactics with crossing the ball, when he saw that it brings nothing to his team against Iceland. And one more thing – I am sure the coach has watched a thousand of videos with Iceland playing with long throws – then why you conceded such a goal?
But, it’s not only about the work of the coach. The players, who are excellent individuals, didn’t seem to be dedicated enough. They didn’t sacrifice for the team, which is the most important thing in football.
Too many questions, but there is no answer… Maybe the next head coach of The Three Lions will find the answers and achieve something significant with England, because the truth is that the fans are sick of waiting for another title from a major international tournament. England have really talented and good players, but haven’t looked like a team for a very long time! The only thing left to be done is analysing the mistakes, because they mustn’t be repeated!