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Originally Posted by Muppetus Galacticus
It is true that by themselves the England players are out of this world but when you put them all together they just don't mix.
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I don't think there's that many great English players, just a lot of very good ones. Which ones are great?
Rooney? He looked like he was going to be a few years ago, but he's tailed off to very good. Gerrard? Maybe, he's got tremendous drive, and his passing and positional awareness is decent, but he lacks individual skill.
Err ... that's it. Of the whole of English players, only those 2 could justifiably be included in a discussion of great players, and I don't think they cut it. England are consistently over-rated by the media and the fans, and probably achieve exactly what they are good enough to achieve - consistent quarter and semi finalists.
That's not to say they can't win a big tourney. They're usually solid enough to not get beat easily, and if they produced an above-par performance over the course of a small number of games, they could nick a competition.