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I'm going to delve into my personal life for a moment. Every night I have a glass of red wine. Normally I have this to unwind and relax in front of the TV, occasionally at dinner but as it's only the one I usually like to leave it until later in the evening.
Tonight the red wine has got me riled up over the England match I've just watched.
Were there any naturally left footed players in the starting line up? I don't think there was and I'm baffled as to why Barry was sitting on the bench for the first half.
I'm not actually that baffled now that I've written it as we do have second choice Steve managing the national team and we all know he shouldn't be, but I'll get to that in a moment.
What baffled me more than anything is that for the first twenty minutes that Barry is playing he plays on the left side of midfield, does nothing wrong and everything right.
Then, second choice Steve decides to bring on Downing. What exactly has Downing done so he always gets in the squad? What exactly has he done in any match for England that warrants him getting picked and then subbed into left midfield meaning Barry has to move position to left back?
It's wrong. Why play someone that you've never had play for you before for only one half, in a friendly, then move them out of position half way through that half?
It's clear to me now that Barry only got picked because of pressure. Second choice Steve wouldn't know a good think if he got slapped across the face with it. It's actually a disgrace the way Barry was treated tonight, no other player was treated like that, so why Barry?
On the upside, surely he won't last much longer and we'll get someone in that is clearly better at the job. I also have a theory on what would be better; not a manager or a coach but a player to take responsibility for managing the team, just like they do in cricket.
Why do we need an overpaid someone to sit on the bench for 90 minutes doing nothing? Are the eleven players on the pitch so stupid that they need a manager? They do this day in day out after all.
Surely, if picked for England they must have some ability. They need a player to take responsibility. There are enough coaches in the game that can take them through drills in training and enough players that know what is needed of them.
If second choice Steve is all the FA could come up with I'm going to ask the question; do we really need a manager?
I'm also not embarrassed about what I'm about to tell you. I don't usually watch England friendlies because they bore me, but tonight was different because of Barry. I put a tenner on three results; Holland and Germany to win and England to lose.
I'm happy because I've won ?80 and it was nearly the easiest money I've ever made. I put that down to second choice Steve; I'd be even happier if they got rid of him tonight!
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