Lee Carsley's Lack of Experience May Prove a Hurdle in Securing England Football Job

Maybe Lee Carsley isn't the solution after all. Could it be that Gareth Southgate deserves more recognition? It's possible that England doesn't have the talent to coast by without being fully focused. Perhaps solid defensive play is the key to securing victories on the football pitch.

Before entering a post-mortem of one of England’s most chastening defeats in recent time credit for what happened at Wembley on Oct 10 must be handed to Greece. If Greek football has been on the rise – Olympiakos won last season’s Uefa Conference League – then their players also had to perform in the eye of the death of George Baldock, the former Sheffield United player who moved to Panathinaikos was reported to have drowned in his home swimming pool in Athens.