Why England Will Beat Slovenia
Given my overwhelming negative (see realist) stance on most issues, I will create this thread just to show that I am not being negative and doomsday for the sake of it.
I believe England will beat Slovenia comfortably and I will tell you why I think that.
First, I was against the appointment of Sven, Mclaren and Capello from the start- being that 2 are foreigners and cannot have hoped to stir national pride in the team, and the other was a boring old fart (and not even a good manager).
It is my belief that England are missing confidence, passion and patriotism more than they are missing a tactician. That isn't to say that the tactical side has been great because it hasn't. The managers of late seem to be quite happy to play players in positions they simply are not familiar with or mix and rearrange from game to game.
Capello has the most brain dead system yet, whereby he decides the team a few hours before kick off. Any fool can see this is largely counter productive and a good team should know and trust each other long long before the tournament starts. That hasn't been the case and there is only Capello to blame for that I am afraid.
So, with all the crap on display, why do I think England will go out there different against Slovenia?
a. They are disgusted with their performance against Algeria and know how embarrassing it was. This will lead to a kick start of temporary passion and fire against Slovenia.
b. They know they need to win to qualify. Obviously this gives a new sense of urgency rather than that sloppy useless team I saw the other day.
c. Irony dictates that these things happen. Just as the nation expect to be booted, it reverses on you.
So, yes I expect England to qualify for the knock out stages. No thanks of course to Capello or the idiots who keep appointing the England managers of late. I could do a better job than he has and I ain't joking.
Unfortunately, even if we do qualify (which I strongly believe we will), it will only be another exit sooner or later when I believe this team should be aiming for a Semi Final / Final place; instead it will probably be Quarter Final or Last 16 with mediocre performances.
Even if England do manage to surprise us all, it will be nothing short of the TEAM itself deciding to kick start themselves, rather than Capello. Capello will be given credit if they go further than now expected when really it will have had little to do with him.
So you heard it here first:
England 3 or 4, Slovenia 1.
