And sure enough, Roy's boys ratified the Brexit vote with as limp a defensive and offensive display as you'll ever see. I watched the game in a London pub, and the wild cheering after Rooney's penalty quickly turned into grumbling, then angry resignation. Some of the comments:
"These wankers couldn't beat anybody!"
"Rooney, yer past it, mate!"
"The combined salaries of the England players is more than Iceland's GDP."
England never looked like scoring from the run of play. Everyone looked poor almost all night. Kane was ineffectual, and of the other Spurs stars, only Kyle Walker looked as though he belonged out there. Rooney had one of the worst games of his career. Sturridge was awful; Sterling barely better. The substitutes (including Wilshere) didn't do much to change the dynamics except for Rashford, who was put on too late. Iceland's goals should have been prevented, though they were well executed. The Times had published a diagram of Iceland's throw-in play the day before the game. Lee Dixon in the commentator's seat said exactly what Iceland was going to try to do. The next day's Times fumed that Iceland did to England what Stoke used to do to Arsenal when Rory Delap zipped his throw-ins into the area. Well, the England defense went to sleep and it was like none of them were there. Pathetic. On the second goal, there was too much space for Iceland to get the shot off. Well done Iceland, but come on.
A humiliating Engxit.
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