oxfordspur
Vital Football Legend
Firstly the Romanians, were poor and 75% of the game was in their half. As I booked on the day, I didn't have the best seats and was sitting just inside the line of the 18 yrd box, that England attacked in the first half and for the benefit of Rose, I was in a decent position for our left side, where we gained most of our success.
Rose had hardly anything to do defensively and his starting position was on the halfway line and towards their edge of their box. I felt for him as he was all too often give the ball behind him (usually from Henderson) and therefore onto his right side and that negated any chance of his picking the ball up and attacking in any fluid movement.
He worked well with Sterling, who looks a genuinely excellent player, with speed, touch, balance and an eye for goal. The Romanian defence couldn't handle him or Zaha, who looks like a very good player in the making. Rose interlinked well with Sterling in particular and he showed real intellegence on occasions in talking the harder, but ,ore inventive option to allow Sterling ir whoever to cut inside on their stronger foot as opposed to going outside himself or pushing the ball wide for his team mate. On occasions, I felt he could have gambled and taken the ball outside himself, but I dod get the feeling that there was instruction to get the ball in r=early and drive the balls low, perhaps as their GK didnt look the most flexible or able to get down quickly
