This is a brief moan about the England team. The England cricket team one might add, so if you're here to decry the poor performances of another set of English sporting luminaries then please get in line. The England cricket team have been so inept this Autumn/Winter that it is their absolute right to be at the head of any criticisms that are forthcoming.
Whilst reflecting on the nadir of a humbling one-sided defeat to a bunch of part-timers representing the Netherlands, both coach and captain of the T20 team made mention of a possible complacency coming into the tournament.
Complacency?!? This is barely fathomable. How doe a team that spent the Autumn/Winter season losing 5 out of 5 test matches (none of which were close), 8 out of 10 One Day Internationals and 8 out of 10 T20s become complacent?
Perhaps if they had been sweeping all before them and were riding a crest of overconfidence then complacency would make sense, but not with that record! Of late, it's felt at times like England are involved in a protracted experiment to test the loyalty of their supporters. We all expect thick and thin - as it were - but the 'thin' here has become almost transparent! It's not just the monotonously recurring sensation of defeat either, it's the nature of those defeats.
England fans, like any fans, will be forgiving if they sense passion, commitment and endeavour on the part of their players. What they cannot tolerate, let alone comprehend, is 'complacency' from a team that has become so astonishingly average (and here I'm being generous).
Complacency seems to be a byword here for not taking personal responsibility. Now we are at the bottom looking up, perhaps the time for such 'complacency' is over?
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