chicago_shearer

I couldn't f***ing wait for the game to end. Germany is now Mexico, Argentina is Paraguay, and Mexico is Team USA. You must be thrilled Mike.

I'd give Rooney 45 minutes up front on his own to redeem himself against Slovenia. If we look like the same team as Friday, then I'd haul him off at half time and play Defoe/Crouch for as long as we remain in the tournament.

Republica Del Mundial! The Mexican channel girls are back! The best part of this World Cup by a mile.

Just realized that England beat Slovenia 2-1 last September at Wembley. The first XI that day was: Green; Johnson, Terry, Upson, A Cole; Lampard, Barry; Wright-Phillips, Rooney, Gerrard; Heskey. They were poor. A few days later they thumped Croatia 5-1 btw.

Can't believe we're in this position. Pathetic, just pathetic. The position itself isn't that poor. Beat Slovenia, ranked 25th, and advance to the round of 16. The Group D picture is too complicated to guess who we'll play if we win the group or finish second. The pathetic part is the team. Did you really expect us to get to the final? If they had been the same team that showed up in qualifying, they could have won this group and avoided playing anyone good until the semis. Fluking a final was quite possible if they had managed average.

Agreed. An England goal in the first 15-20 minutes could be the difference between a comfortable victory/return to form and going out. They lack the testicular/psychological fortitude to break a team down and get a winner late on.

Out on Wednesday I think. Slovenia will play for a draw, frustration will build, Rooney gets sent off, Capello looks confused, whistle blows, Gerrard wipes his face with his shirt, looks dazed etc. etc. All to script. The strangest thing for me is that Capello seems genuinely baffled by their performances. They must be a completely different team on the training ground. Something is just off on match days....the attitude, the mistakes, the body language. I don't think this is a problem that can be fixed with tactics or swapping in Joe Cole.

Very little interest in the games tomorrow. Just want to get Wednesday over with.

Getting knocked out on penalties in the knockout stages seems like a distant dream at this point. It feels like we've been knocked out.

That is basically just bringing in a defensive midfielder for Heskey and asking them to play more narrow. We're just shit.

I can't believe Gareth Barry is escaping criticism here. He was just as bad as Lampard or Gerrard, and probably worse since he gave up the ball in his own half. He was woeful.

And he will respond by scoring a scintillating hat trick, looking like the best player in the world.

James, Johnson, Terry, Upson, A.Cole, Carrick, Lampard, J.Cole, SWP, Gerrard, Defoe.

Barry was f***ing hopeless. Carrick. First game back, he did his job alright, the useless Lampard is the one hindering the whole midfield. He can't pass. But I'll agree, that doesn't really single him out when Gerrard and Lampard were just as bad.

Barry was fucking hopeless. Carrick.

Astounding that we could still win this group.

Rooney. What a fucking disaster.

Some people paid thousands to fly over and watch that. Ha.

Worse. Than. France.

This ref is shit and all.

Maximum shitness. Lucky its still 0-0.

Gareth Barry has been worse than Heskey.

Get Heskey off.

What? Yeah ok, City. I'm annoyed.

That was just 100% pure, premium, organic horse shit. How can they play for the best club sides in the world and be TOTALLY UNABLE TO PASS A BALL. You can bet your fucking mortgage that Gareth fucking Barry is going to suddenly remember how to play football when we play Villa next season.