Pundit's criticism of England 'has gone too far' - Eni Aluko - video Dailymotion

Eni Aluko agrees that the criticism of the England players is harsh, but their right of reply is on the pitch.

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00:00Yeah, I think as a pundit, I always look at it from a very objective point of view, right?

00:06So you can critique something and say, these are the stats, these are the numbers, this

00:13is what I think, without being personal.

00:18I think that's quite an easy balance to strike, to be honest.

00:23I never go into games going, I'm going to go right in on that player.

00:28It doesn't serve me to do that.

00:30For me, yeah, I've seen it gone a bit too far, and I like to see the players, to be

00:35honest, bite back a little bit.

00:39I used to do that as a player a little bit, bite back and go, hold on a second, you know.

00:43But ultimately, the player's right of reply is on the pitch.

00:48So I'd love to see the likes of Declan Rice who came out and said, hold on a second, what

00:52are you talking about?

00:53Just do it on the pitch.

00:54And that shuts everyone up, ultimately.

00:57Same as Harry Kane.

00:58But, yeah, I do think that there's no need for it to go personal.

01:05There's no need to try and get soundbites and all that stuff.

01:09That's not really our job.

01:10Our job is to analyse what's in front of us, critique what's in front of us, use data,

01:15stats to paint a picture for the audience back home to go, right, it's not good because

01:20of this.