The Academy Generation - for that is what they are - are soft physically and soft mentally. It never is the players' fault when England crash out of a competition, is it? The more I think about England's humiliation against Iceland, the more those two words come into my mind. I heard players say they were bored when they were holed up at camp and had nothing to do. This is what England's players have become.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 29, 2016 03:00 UTC