Harry Kane remains out of luck,Jonjo Shelvey deserves another chance in the friendly against Spain and Lithuania venue was inadequate for this gameRoy Hodgson’s side made history in Vilnius by ensuring they won all 10 of their qualifiers to secure passage to the European Championship with a pristine record for the first time. Yet what did that actually prove? The manager had establish the winning sequence into context by suggesting he may learn far more from the prestige friendlies to approach than from the routine, rather uninspiring successes in the “competitive” fixtures. England are the sixth team to achieve the feat and only two of those – Spain and Germany, or the winners and semi-finalists at Euro 2012 – went on to build a real impact in the tournament proper. The worry for Hodgson is that his own developing team are more likely to emulate France and the Czech Republic,at Euro ’92 and Euro 2000 respectively, by failing to emerge from their group at the finals. The games against Spain and France next month should give a better idea of the team’s progress.
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Source: theguardian.com