Quote: post "We should beat Ukraine and Sweden,'"
I've read similar stuff all over the media and I'm curious where this almost arrogant confidence stems from?
I can only presume it comes from the '...we are England, so we should be beating these so-called lesser teams' school of thought, because without that thinking, both these games are tight, difficult-to-call, matches.
Sweden, for some reason, we always tend to under-estimate, yet I don't think we've beat them in a competitive game for about 40 years?....I don't see why this rather mediocre England side should suddenly be the side to change that run.
The Ukraine game is basically an away game in front of a hostile crowd - In normal circumstances, we'd happily take a draw, but this won't be normal circumstances - I only hope that we don't have to win that final group game, or that Ukraine don't need to win it, because I can't picture us coming away with a win against them in a winner-takes-all sort of game.