Quote Originally Posted by Vindec View Post
Page can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. With a mix of players from various lower leagues playing against better teams what did we expect?
Various lower leagues? These are the starting XIs we've put out and the leagues they play in:

Hennessey - Premier League
Roberts - Championship
Mepham - Premier League
Rodon - Ligue 1
Davies - Premier League
Williams - Premier League
Ampadu - Serie A
Ramsey - Ligue 1
Wilson - Premier League
Bale - MLS
James/Moore - Premier League

Here's Iran by contrast:

Hosseini - Iranian league
Mohammadi - Greek Superleague
Pouraliganji - Iranian league
Hosseini - Turkish Superleague
Rezaeian - Iranian league
Hajsafi - Greek Superleague
Ezatolahi - Danish Superleague
Nourollahi - Saudi league
Taremi - Portuguese top flight
Gholizadeh - Belgian top flight
Azmoun - Bundesliga

Our squad is solid enough to not get ripped apart by the side above and yet they were, thanks in no small part to Page completely abandoning the midfield for the second consecutive match. There are obviously other factors, but we were wide open through the middle against both the US and Iran