DON’T WORRY, TIRED ENGLAND FOLK, THE SEASON IS ALMOST FINALLY ACTUALLY OVER! PROMISE! – THE WARM-UP

 

Looked short of answers up front. All a bit flat and lacking rhythm. The quality not exactly great… But enough about England’s draw with Italy on Saturday, how about that Soccer Aid last night, eh. There’s also Darwin Nunez and Mauricio Pochettino announcements on the way, and a big World Cup play-off in the Qatari heat tonight.

England are three matches down, with one more to come against Hungary tomorrow, and it’s safe to say there is very little to be taken away from the entire experience. Fatigue has spread from the players to the fans, and if anything the fortnight has left Gareth Southgate with more questions than answers, and has even diminished (further, some would say) his reputation among an increasingly tired fanbase.

Some will never warm to him, despite where he has taken England, but in truth everyone just needs a rest. This season Mason Mount clocked 53 Chelsea games, Declan Rice 50 for West Ham, Raheem Sterling 47 at Manchester City, and there they were at Molineux wearily chasing a pretty pointless cause. Can something be pretty pointless? Anyway, it would have been in the best interest for these players to have already left the England camp to start their already short summer break, but alas there is one. More. Round. To. Go.

It says something, too, about this season that in the week it does finally come to an end, the Premier League – on Thursday – are announcing the new set of fixtures for the 2022-23 campaign, while we are already only a few weeks away from pre-season camps starting and players trickling back to their clubs.

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