Thought I'd start a football blog, we might keep this going until 2010.....England doing well....did not see the match or even the goals....I'd like Michael owen back in the squad though....and I think Peter Crouch would make a very good substitute...remember against Argentina in Geneva a few years ago....with Michael Owen and some very good movements on and off the ball...they caused havoc.....did see Scotland's missed chance....that could be very costly losing those 2 points !.

Pretty much agree dd.
Difficult to sum up how poor this peformance has been, but I'll give it a go.

The back four, with the exception of Ash Cole is awful, a decent team is going to rip them to pieces, no doubt about that.

The midfield is unbalanced, Lampard has been a spectator for two games and should be ashamed of his level of effort and performance; he should be dropped and Gerrard moved into the centre, with Joe Cole given an opportunity on the left.

Heskey, doesn't score goals and he hasn't been anywhere near as effective as in the USA game. What on earth has happened to Rooney? How has he gone from such an outstanding player with Utd to a total loss tonight? It is all beyond me.

At the end of the day, the team looks uncomfortable and Capello seems to be in the process of proving he is uncapable of making the right changes when it's going badly. The sooner we're knocked out of this competition, the better, I really just can't stand the disappointment at every major tournament :-(

Make me eat my words England!

BRING ON JOE COLE....what the hell is the matter with those liverpool players.....?...pathetic....Glen Johnson should not be on the field in that form....did not kick one single ball straght....Lampard did nothing....aghhhh...yuck....i

Can only get better, has to! You can see and feel the frustration, Capello has got it wrong it's so kin obvious.

CC, we all thought that after the USA game and it just got a whole lot worse. Unless they click against Slovenia, they are off home, simples.

What ?, they can't put some passes together....John Terry was like in the twilight zone....a team from league 2 would have beaten them today .....long balls up to Heskey...what a Crap way of playing....

RF, Lampard plays for Chelski! (But you probably knew that). In such a pivotal position, he is probably the worst player in the side, will Capello have the guts to drop him? I doubt it, Gerrard is the natural replacement.

Pants, but at least they didn't lose. How bad would that have been?!!!

JC is the answer.....don't these players know that this is not the tiddlywinks league where a mistake happens 3 times a minute....and then they have the ball again...that doesn't happen here...forget about the golf course, thay should be training.....

There's one good thing.

As a rugby union fan, they make Johno's England look good...

Ajusting seems to be the big problem.....when you don't get the ball as a forward you come back ...you flood the midfield : 6 or even 7 players, ...then breakout, but close together not with crappy long balls flying all over the place....that only works twice in a game....terrible performance, the worst for ages....what were those players from Liverpool and that includes Rooney thinking of.....?.....stupid crosses into the penalty box with no imagination at all.....

Pretty obvious want to go home for a shag! sorry to be crude but Capello's team selection, regime, rigid 4-4-2 tactics has destroyed any confidence those players ever had to the extent that they are unrecognisable!

textbook

I'll be gutted if England get knocked out in the group stages rather than on penalties.

Just won't be the same.

Even your lot could have won today Treb , that's how bad they were.

Well your right DIL, shite performance from a overated team on the night.

Was the Keiser right............ looks like it.

Rooney (utd fan here aswell) was pathetic.

Lampard, is he really there in SA????????.

Dont ever swear but on holiday abroad and cant get to sleep thinking of that shite ive just seen, must be one of the worst performances ever .

Look, at least if they are as bad as they seem lets kick ass and get a bit physical.

Taken to special brew, weve had it.

The England world cup team visited an orphanage in south africa today.
"Its so good to put a smile on the faces of people constantly struggling and facing the impossible"... said Jamal Umbobo aged 6.

I'm starting to think that David Beckham is a jinx !...if he's around, things go pearshaped.....and what on earth were those sloppy backpasses to David James : it's a miracle that the Algerians did not get on to the end of one of those.....Glen Johnson was the worse along with John Terry who looked completely out of sorts....all this crap about 442...451....it should be about short clever build up with the players linking up, not the crappy long ball up front....Lampard does not create anything, although his shots on goal can be dangerous....Joe Cole must be on the field !.

Bloody disgraceful, a 'team' going through the motions with just 1 or 2 exceptions. With so many generals in the side you would have thought at least 1 of them could have tried to take charge, they didn't have a clue. We know the football these same players are capable of when they are on song, but for so many to have a really bad game at the same time, maybe all is not well in the background. Still one positive Carragher won't be playing Slovenia.
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listen the real problem is you are just not that good.

james, carrgaher, barry, cole, heskey, lennon, terry are all avergae. (and that is being kind to people like barry and heskey)

lampard and gerrard are above avergae and rooney on his day can be world class.

too many english folks have listened to sky sports about the over hyped premiership and the insular view you have of world football makes you think you are better than you are. You also dont seem to realise the quality that exists elsewhere. Look at Chile from the other day.....outstanding and the english commentators kind of mocked them before the kick off (dont get me started on the standard of the pundits)

algeria were technically superior to you last night, were more comfortable on the ball, looked fitter and at no point looked under threat.

blaming capello is not the answer...at the very top level time and time again the facts above get proven, the average technical ability of that team last night was very poor.....that is the bottom line.

scotland are also miles below england in technical ability which is why we are not there...you are miles below the better nations which is why you are struggling.

What a bunch of overpaid wankers England were last night. I have a good mind to burn my England shirt & flag (Note genuine item not Bangkok, or ebay copy)

I hate that arrogent scouse git Shrek Rooney, his fat Mrs with her tree trunk legs could have played better. He has allways had a problem speaking properly, but now he can not even play properly.

England were 5-1 to win the world cup last time I looked so after 2 bad performances I thought they would be rank out siders as they have played 2 poor teams and cant even win them.

England 11-1 to win world cup

USA 80-1

Algeria 2000-1 says it all!

http://www.oddschecker.com/football/internationals/world-cup/win-market