Unbelievable

Regarding boredom, I don't think there is one player at the world cup who likes not being with his family and spending their days between matches playing card games and PS3. All the players from every nation suffer from it, and tis will not be the first tournament where England players are bored, so hardly an excuse for underperforming.

More @ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8750168.stm/ Christ, that's desperate stuff. Doesn't mean they're behind him at all, just that he's been told to say they are. You're just being negative now..

Hopefully Mr. 6 Points And Already Qualified is right! Ironically we've not played much better than you. We've been lucky with dodgy ball goals in both our matches. If you just start keeping the ball down and play with a bit more urgency to get some shots at goal, you will be alright.

Ah right, sorry. I thought we'd just played 90 minutes where we were shown up by a poor Algerian side and arguably outplayed for chunks of the game... There is every chance we won't qualify. We should beat Slovenia, yes, but we should have beaten the Yanks and my word we should have beaten Algeria, so I'm not going into the game with much confidence. I'll still be cheering them on as loud as ever, though. When push comes to shove, and in a must win game, England will beat Slovenia, of that I am sure. It won't be pretty, and it will be nail biting stuff, but I just can't see you lose that one with the quality you have throughout the squad.

I think the problem with having Heskey on is it is just inviting you to play the long ball to him too much rather than play a pass and move type of football. This problem is compounded by the fact this fucking Jabulani ball is completely unpredictable in the air, leading to overhit long balls more often than not. You need to change your game to adapt to the circumstances at this World Cup, and go with players who provide more technical ability and movement. I feel sorry for Heskey in a way; even though he hasn't played badly and has delivered what you might expect from him as a player, this is not what the team currently needs, so he has to be dropped despite the fact he has played to his ability where other players have not hit anywhere near their potential level.

Everybody stop panicking please. There is no way you are not qualifying from this group, no way. After that, anything can happen. You've not made a great start to the tournament, but you have every chance to do well still...

Holland qualified!

What a match this is!

What a block that was by Song!!

Good goal..

Geremi doing well so far..

Actually, I should be hoping for a draw or Denmark win, as that means Holland are through to the next round..

Wahey!!!!

another dodgy ball goal!

Well, that was rather unspectacular, but should be sufficient to see us through to the next round..

Should have been a pen imho... Phew..

Phew...

Shit finishing..

Affelay coming on..

Japan go all in..

Van Persie man!!

Japan are putting 3 men on Elia straight away.. Should create some space for the others at least..

Elia warming up... Just what this match needs..

Blimey, we're s***.. Need to make some changes...