Not even vaguely surprised, won some good money on a double for Italy and Iceland so fairly pleased with the nights work also.
The English game is rotten. Rooney is an exceptionally unintelligent footballer. Despite the media cooing about how well he adapted to the midfield role against Russia and Wales, he's been poor throughout. A few nice passes (notably one to Alli against Russia?) don't mask the number of times he wastes possession. I would go as far as saying he wastes the ball as much as 9/10 times he gets it, not good enough for a professional footballer, especially one at the top level. Tactically it was suicide having him in the midfield, a player that simultaneously disrupts our midfield structure by often standing between the two center backs to receive the ball (leaving two opposition midfielders able to crowd out Alli and the striker(s)) and ruins our tempo and flow by needlessly giving the ball away over and over again has hurt us. The media continue to lap it up however.
Sterling reselected after being comfortably the worst player in the squad through the group and warm up games not to mention having a terrible season. Vardy dropped back to the bench despite scoring in the group and being a general pain in the arse for the opposition, Drinkwater not even making the squad despite captaining the league champions. Wilshire comes to the tournament having played one league game this season, Henderson having played a handful. It seriously makes me wonder if the money men and big sponsors are having a say in how the team is picked.
Should have brought Gerrard and Lampard in for the midfield, they just need more time to gel...