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Neil Atkinson and John Gibbons chat to Jonathan Northcroft about England’s disastrous showing at the Euros, the culture that permeates those leading the game, what needs to change and why.
In a free clip from the show, Neil, John and Jonathan talk about why England don’t make enough of what they have.
Not looked at the stats but surely the reason why England had a low tackle count (oh err) was because they dominated the ball/possession so therefore no opportunity to tackle.
Historically England failed when they got to the big teams and couldn’t have that level of possession.
The problem clearly was that there was no attacking plan. This was the tournament were England almost got a “pass” to the Quarter Finals.
England failed as they couldn’t convert their possession I would argue.