Why would they identify more with Kane then Dele? Both of them are just nice young men off the pitch! Kane probably does a lot more publicity work but that is it.I think most football fans identify with Kane. Dele not so much.
England don’t seem to do tournaments, never have and this one looks overly long and in a particularly inhospitable nation.
Why would they identify more with Kane then Dele? Both of them are just nice young men off the pitch! Kane probably does a lot more publicity work but that is it.
The frustration with Sterling is he is usually just plain shit for England whereas he is often class for his club.
Maybe it's how he is deployed, maybe it's his mentality / attitude. It doesn't endear people to him though.
Kane gets too much stick and non-Spurs fans need to appreciate him a little more as he is one of the few top class English players that could get into other international teams at present.
I used to follow England quite closely and would support players whichever club they came from.
But then we had that period of scummy players like Rooney, Terry and Cole (Ashley) and I just couldn't stomach watching them. And obviously Judas before them.
I also had a thing about Lampard being in the side, not because of who he played for, but because he was so clearly not international standard and was blocking Gerrard being played properly (even though again he was class for Chelsea but just so crap for England).
A general thing as well is a lot of players for England just look like that can't be bothered and when you see them being lazy and not bothering, then smashing it for their club teams it leads to a lot of resentment.
And our press are complete ****s and don't help either.
Rose, Dier, Dele, Kane ... any and all could be scapegoated this summer.
Or be heroes. But nah, I think scapegoated more likely
Sterling gets stick because the media have shaped people's perceptions of him being a greedy young ungrateful footballer who has a 'blinging' lifestyle which creates jealousy and resentment. His treatment from the press is just shocking and has clearly had racial undertones to it.
Also you are completely wrong about the Lampard thing, he was an unbelievable player but didn't fit into England's setup the same way as Chelsea, same for Gerrard and Liverpool.
Nah I’m really not about lampard, he was shit for England and should have made way for gerrard to play central (I did say he was an awesome player for Chelsea though).
Sterling is also shit for England - he doesn’t put enough effort in even though he clearly has the talent.
I agree the press should back off him though (as they should with all footballers really, their behaviour is really quite appalling).
You said he wasn't Intl standard, he was one of the best mids in Europe at the time so clearly he was.
There’s a difference between playing for national side and club side, some players just don’t transfer club form to the national team.
And don’t you sleep? ??
Shit me I thought I was up late and that’s only cos I’m a bit wired after watching a Avengers at cinema!
Spot on!Toss up between Alli and Kane IMO. If Kane doesn't bang them in every game he'll be scapegoated and if Alli makes even one mistake everyone will be up in arms.
Nah I’m really not about lampard, he was shit for England and should have made way for gerrard to play central (I did say he was an awesome player for Chelsea though).
Sterling is also shit for England - he doesn’t put enough effort in even though he clearly has the talent.
I agree the press should back off him though (as they should with all footballers really, their behaviour is really quite appalling).
Lampard was voted England player of the year twice so he definitely wasn't shit. You could argue that it was a low bar, but he was still better than all the others for a couple of years.
Well if guys have been on social media today you will have seen what I was talking about, the tournament hasn’t even started yet and the hate has already begun. Kane is such a classy guy, it really pisses me off the amount of hate he gets. He’s the perfect role model. Hope he proves them all wrong!
I know it's been this way for a while, but I think the growth of social media has increased tribalism between club's fans to a really ridiculous extent.We are like no other nation, it's really embarrassing - had to try and explain the rivalry to some of my work colleagues today who are from other counties and they couldn't get their head around the fact that we don't support our players in this country, they were actually in disbelief how bad the abuse is he's getting.