Declan Rice and Jack Grealish give Lee Carsley winning start to England reign
After all the focus on the soundtrack, Lee Carsley’s first game as England manager was certainly loaded with narrative. The inevitable line is that you couldn’t script this but, well, it’s really the first thing you’d script.
Declan Rice and Jack Grealish scored the goals in a 2-0 England win over Ireland, the national team they both left, to also overcome a constant chorus of boos.
If anything, such a response seemed to counter-productively drive them on, in the way that often happens.
At least for a time. This win really just evolved into the sort of win over a smaller country that England have long learned to expect under Gareth Southgate, albeit with one important twist.
The attacking under Carsley was different throughout and, for a brief period, quite exciting. There was a sens...
