Hutch's Shoulder wrote:Sam was doing okay till then; still I don't suppose he can get rid of all the media darlings at once.
And that's the crux of it. BFS would have been crucified by the media for dropping Shrek, as well as not having a say in the first place by the sponsors.
Shit news that he hasn't been dropped but understandable. He may have an ugly mush but he is the face of England football, whatever we may think.
As a captain/leader though, what has he proved? For me he is neither a captain or leader and doesn't have the whereabouts to motivate the players when things go wrong. He has proved he isn't up to the job, just look at the last Euros so why are things different now. We will do exactly the same thing as last time, facing minnow opposition, looking good and then lose to any team with a bit of bollox.
It's not that we've got shit players, it's more that we are mentally weak.