Quote: (06-17-2018 11:18 PM)Dodgy Wrote:
Casual American soccer fan here, but wondering why England is not talked about as an actual threat to win? I do follow the Premier League and Harry Kane has crushed it over the past two seasons and is arguably one of the best at the position after Ronaldo. And if fellas are now giving Portugal a shot, why is England written off when they have (on paper at least) a squad of better players?
On paper England has a strong team indeed. The problem with England however is that they have mental issues once it comes to the knock out stages.
At some point they will mess it up like they did in the Euros two years ago when they lost to Iceland. Furthermore in the history of World Cups England played three penalty shoot outs and they lost all of them. So when it comes to penalty shoot outs it is very likely they lose again.
And finally as usual England does not have a proper goalkeeper. Pickford is decent but he is not world class. And to win the World Cup you need a world class goalkeeper like Neuer, Navas or Becker.