Before I start cannot SBS get a better commentator than David Basheer. Simon Hill or Speedy are far better or even pich a decent pom!
We lost 4-1. A great early goal, perhaps another two should have been scored BUT our defensive lapses hurt us bigtime.
We were up 1-0 and seemingly did not know what to do next. We picked a funny team and the substitutions mae little sense.
I said previously we would get beaten easily by France because of two reasons.
- We had no cattle. Not one sorry one player plays in one of the 4 major leagues
- Arnold has had 2 Asian cup campaigns and showed little tactical acumen.
The only thing we had going for us was France were traditional slow starts . They were not this morning.
Our problems were:
- both fullbacks gave the wingers far too much space and they were quick.
- the defence was full of holes
- we had little creativity
- When players are either lacking in skill or have little confidence they pass back. We did that a lot.
Can we at least plan for the future now like france did back in the 90s. Can we not at least plan to get to the quarterfinals or semifinals?
Tunisia drew with Denmark so Saturday night is not looking good.
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