England, our best team, and the fact that we might actually have a chance at next year’s World Cup
By Joseph Connolly England beat Slovenia on Thursday night in less-than-impressive fashion to secure their place at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. I’d actually begun to write this article before the game had taken place, but after a stuttering Wembley win, the Three Lions join the pool for the group stage in Russia, and I have to rewrite the entire intro. It’s hard to judge international teams like you can club teams. The win against Slovenia wasn’t pretty. If it was a league game, it’d be fine to say ‘it’s the points that matter’. But against the world’s 55 th best team, it’s more than that. Harry Kane celebrates scoring the winning goal against Slovenia England’s team on Thursday, which included another controversial selection from Gareth Southgate with Joe Hart retaining his goalkeeper’s spot, stuttered past their opponents with a 90 th minute scrappy goal from poster boy Harry Kane. Kane is one of England’s shining lights and continues to be amidst under-par perfo...