Not a huge fan of England, but to say they have a "very poor team" is a bloody stupid thing to say.
They don't get the results, they don't play attractive football, they struggle against "inferior" opposition (and I'm not just talking about the German reserves), they lack leadership, they lack pride. By my definition, that is very poor. They have good players at club level, but on how many occasions have they looked like a decent team in recent memory? Maybe they don't work well together, maybe the don't give a damn, maybe they are poorly managed. For whatever reasons, they are very poor. It gets tedious and boring to hear it all explained as some big mystery to figure out - as if they can just drop Keegan, Shearer, Sven, Beckham, McSven, Lampard, Gerrard, Robinson etc. and the quality will show itself. Bollocks. At some point, you have to consider the fact that they might not be that good after all.
What I meant to say but couldn't be arsed to type.
Good post