England Fail Once Again

England have once again failed at an international tournament. The under 21s failed to beat the Czechs in a game which England desperately needed to win. The Czech’s will now go into the next phase after beating England 2-1.

The Three Lions will never succeed when they don’t even seem to know how to keep the ball. The kick and rush game gets the team nowhere and is quite probably an antiquated form of play when up against a sophisticated side like the Czech Republic. The Under 21s and their senior international counterparts will never progess while they do not even know how to keep possession.

All credit to the Czech's for shutting out England.  They have a population five times as small as that of England but still managed to score twice as many goals.

As it has been said time and time again, they need to learn how to keep the ball, rather than running about like headless chickens: headless chickens with two left feet.

England's under 21s and the seniors need to look at the example a team like Spain sets with fluidity and style not the proverbial bull in a china shop.

Same old story, same old England!!!

The Under 21s and the senior side need a long hard look at themselves. Otherwise today's debacle will just repeat itself again and again. And again.

Stuart Pearce Expects Young Lions To Shine

England Under 21 manager Stuart Pearce insists that his team will build on their performance after 1-1 draw against Spain on Sunday, The Young Lions were dominated in terms of possession.

Pearce feels the team’s attitude is growing and is expecting good things for the Under 21's in the tournament.

The manager has been impressed with teams attitude and spirit an expects a better performance on Sunday when they face Ukraine on Wednesday in Hening.

"I know we're improving. The game against Spain just told me we've got a good chance, no mistake," said Pearce.

"They're prepared to slog away with the opposition having quite bit of the ball. I asked the question, 'How many other nations would have thrown the towel in?'.

"We didn't. In fact we went and got a goal and after that we had two good chances to score another goal.
"In spells in the game we played some decent football. We need to do that consistently in matches, we've looked at that as a group.

"I know the spirit in the camp. They want to learn and they want to get better on the training pitch."

Pearce is keeping his cards close to his chest, as he keeps the media guessing on his team and captain selection, just like he did for the Spain match.

"Whoever plays will do us proud. Whoever captains the team will do the same," he added.