Ronaldo

A formation which would have our best player out of position, daft.

Pace through the middle would have won us the game. It's in a situation like that where a Defoe or even a Walcott would be effective. They were pushing up to win the first ball against Rooney and deny him any space to turn and run, a quick striker playing on the shoulder would have certainly got in behind several times in that second half.

Terrible pundit.

If Capello was planning to play Heskey, why on earth didn't he start a single game out of the three friendlies? We cannot play him beyond the group stage, his presence in the team puts all the goalscoring pressure on Rooney, who just won't rise to it. Sir Alex has shown how to get the best out of Rooney this season, and Capello seems to have ignored it.

Carragher will get absolutely anihilated by the better players in this tournament. If he's staying in the team we're going to be embarrassed.

Heskey had a good game like, it could still be a good partnership - i don't know why Rooney remained so withdrawn in the second half. It seemed such a waste when we've got both Gerrard and Lampard deep through the middle, to have Rooney back there trying to pull the strings. Heskey probably should have paved way for Rooney to lead the line - but i'd still say the combination will work with a bit of finetuning. What's so frustrating is what a pointless waste of time those friendlies have turned out to be. Heskey did well with his back to goal but he just doesn't and will not exploit the space created by Rooney's presence. A 4-1-4-1 would suit those players best once Barry returns.

Give SSN a ring and the dole queue will be a distant memory.

Capello will pay the price for swapping players around like they belong in a sticker book. The wingers don't have a clue. SWP is a utter disgrace of a footballer, what on earth is he doing on the pitch ahead of Joe Cole or even Adam Johnson? And Milner on the wing? As for that strike partnership, enough said, if we reach the QFs i'll be surprised.

It really is.

I'm amazed there's someone out there that wants us to start David James, he's the sure way to go out before the QF.

Lampard should have been given the armband.

Who knows?

Kinnear picked that team.

Madness.

What a load of shite.

He contantly let players come in on their stronger side because of an injury? Yeah, i'm sure.

France are terrible.

I like Joe Cole but fair play to Chelsea for refusing those stupid demands.

Sorry about that, did you?

Thanks for alerting my attention to the Spain game, lads. Put £5 on 6-0 at 11/4 with 15 minutes left.

I can, given the opposition in the group.

Are you another traitor or a genuine Yanker?

Ta. £5 on that.

The bookies know what they are doing, he has no hope in hell of being top scorer. 33/1 is more sensible on the part of the bookies. I'd have said similar about Miroslav Klose last time but 4 goals might be all you'll need to win it and Crouch is capable of that figure, however unlikely.

70/1 is madness. Crouch could easily have 4 goals by the KO stage.