I'm only a casual follower of the game and as much as I'd have been happy for England to win, it was disappointing to say the least. What I couldn't understand was why we were wasting every opportunity to get the ball forward to feed the guys upfront. There seemed to be so much pointless, time-wasting passing across the middle of the pitch, running the risk of losing possession. I even saw at one point England taking a throw-in from the centre line into our OWN half of the pitch and wondered why on Earth you would play in the wrong direction with so much at stake. Whatever England were trying to do I don't know, perhaps some elaborate thing that works on the training ground with no opposition, but I noticed that almost every touch Germany got they turned in the direction of the England goal and attacked, which seems to be the fundamental formula. Is it that complicated? You get a touch on the ball and whack the f***er in the direction of the target goal. Perhaps England's players have no spacial awareness and lack intelligence, but it seems to me that they can't grasp what the purpose of the game is - i.e to kick in the direction of the opposition goal. If anybody can explain this I'd be fascinated. My own disinterest in football, by the way, began at primary school when I was always picked last for the team for being the class specky twat despite being fit and able to sprint faster than the rest of the class. Each game we played would be the same series of egomaniacal boys wanting to be the hero, not sharing or passing and ignoring team purpose (and specky twats). It seems that this vein obviously carries through to 'pro' football in adulthood. Answers on a postcard please.
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