This result will go down in history as the worst performance by a team of super-rich individuals (to date anyway), and will/should spell the end of a good few international careers.
In all fairness, Marcus Rashford was excellent - the only player with any sense of what it takes to win a 🤬 game of football - and if that is not shameful enough for the other players in the team, I don't know what is.
In all seriousness, I am shocked but not surprised by this performance - and I feel sorry for my friends in England who are all too used to this kind of abject display from their national side.
Earlier tonight I was asked in jest about where Scotland was in this tournament - we didn't qualify because our team isn't quite good enough against tough opposition - we had Germany, Poland and Ireland in our group, and narrowly missed out on qualifying after some spirited performances but not quite enough talent. Certainly, Scotland has had its fair share of abject displays too, but in recent years it has come down to a lack of ability in depth rather than a lack of desire.
England failed tonight not because of a lack of talent, but because they are not a team - and they are hopelessly disorganised. I watched the 2nd half in the pub tonight and even half way through the 2nd half, England players looked like they had given up and were almost strolling away from tackles they missed or incomplete passes... compare and contrast that to, well, just about anyone else in the tournament.
The ITV pundits are trying hard not to play the 'they're overpaid' card, but unfortunately I think that is exactly what the problem is... sure, they want to win whatever game they may play on the day, but the fact that England cannot play even remotely at the same standard as Italy, Germany, Spain, France, Iceland, Wales and... dare I say it even Scotland, must have some other kind of explanation. The entire team tonight - with the exception of Rashford - should never put on an England shirt again.
