There’s a lot to be said for simply pushing the ball into space and running after it – the likes of Glen Johnson have made England careers out of it – and it was Coleman’s willingness to do just that which caused Tottenham all sorts of problems. In fact, some of his more senior teammates could do with taking note.
Tim Howard clearly deserves a mention too. He has his critics, because when he does mess up he seems to do it in the most outlandish fashion, but even when he’s let soft goals in his head has never dropped like perhaps it did when he was under pressure at Old Trafford. He’s even shaken the tag of being the keeper who never saves penalties too, adding Sunday’s dramatic stop to the couple he made at Wembley in the FA Cup semi-final shootout in April.
