Croatia 1 - 4 England postgame analysis
Filed Under (Greece) by on 12-09-2008
In light of the fact that England performed as well as I had predicted (okay, a little better, even) I wanted to take a look at what really worked for England.
It’s hard to overlook the contribution of Theo Walcott who was exceptional; everything the youngster touched turned to goals. So I’m going to analyse the goals in depth, rather than the whole performance.
If you want to see them to watch as you read they are collected on one page here.
One of the major positives for a lot of journalists and fans that I have talked with (I’ve talked with fans, not journalists, I’ve just read them) was the inclusion of a big target man, namely: Emile Heskey. But as you’ll see from a close look at the goals, Heskey wasn’t really included the plays.
Take a look at the first goal and you’ll see Heskey doesn’t even move, almost until the [...]
