Scotland and England fans clash before World Cup qualifier Read moreThere has, as ever, been a lot of talk around the England team about style and identity. Perhaps rather than a series of meandering, damp-eyed semantic discussions what England’s players need to do is try and have a little fun, or at the very least communicate some excitement, derring-do and basic entertainment. At times his movement can look divorced from patterns and team play. Nobody in this England team controls and manoeuvres a ball with such aristocratic confidence, which is perhaps odd given Lallana rose through the lower leagues rather than some elite Premier League academy. Institutional decay, short-termism, the fact that other countries have simply organised themselves more effectively: OK Gareth, off you go.

Source: The Guardian November 11, 2016 22:06 UTC