Our Relationship With England Is Broken...

I wonder how we would view an England game if we didn't know it was England playing. Would we enjoy the football more? Would we be less critical? Would we see the good in this team more clearly? I suspect we'd think we were not bad at all. I think we'd like us a whole lot more if we didn't know we were England because we're quite messed up about the national side. Isn't it odd? I think most of us are a bit weary of watching England games, especially at this time of year when it feels very much like the party has ended and all that remains are fag burns on the carpet and stained underwear in one of the bedrooms. The qualifying process for each tournament in the last dozen or so years is usually conducted in a strange atmosphere where England win almost every game but leave behind a feeling that they're not very good. We almost never lose any games at this stage - Steve McClaren's inglorious reign aside - and we often win quite well. But even today, with six wins out of six under our belt, do we feel good about England? No, we don't. We feel a bit grumpy and sour and a lot of things annoy us. Most of the players seem a bit rubbish and we don't have any great alternatives. It must be hard for Roy Hodgson. What more do we want than a 100% win ratio? When you have such a successful campaign, he's every right to think the fans will be behind the side, but we're not really. Not whole-heartedly. He was charged with transforming an ageing side and he did that, only to see a youngish side given a kicking in the World Cup. He stayed on against many people's wishes and has delivered a side that is a winning machine. He's only lost five games in charge of England. But somehow we all know it's papering over the cracks. Or that's what it seems like. The endless failures, both in terms of performances and results in tournaments, has beaten any faith in England out of us, no matter how well they win in qualifying.
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