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3) Pick the best team, not the best players. England's biggest problem for decades now.

Carson is a 22 year old, making his second start only a few days after his debut in a meaningless friendly. Yet he pitches him in to the most important game England have played in years, while he's got David James who - clanger prone though he may be - has enormous experience of playing in high pressure matches. I hope Carson doesn't get crucified for this. He's a kid, and he's been excellent for us this year. And he pulled off two excellent saves later on. We lost to Croatia because they were better than us. We didn't qualify because over the course of the qualification campaign, we were far from good enough, as bobyule says.

In which way is McClaren a darling of the London media? Born in Yorkshire, so clearly not a regional thing.

Played 67 Won 40 Drew 17 Lost 10 Looks pretty good to me. He fucked up the WC when he picked his squad.

Not good, is it?

You're right about Joe Cole. He is the epitome of "all fart and no shit"

Not just Gerrard and Lampard, but the entire WC 2006 midfield with them and Cole and Beckham. Genius!

You missed out Shearer. I started typing his name, then remembered where I was.

We need a total clear-out from the top to bottom of English football. Barwick - fuck off, you witless bell end. McClown - fuck off, you hair islanded Baldwin doppelganger Lumpard - fuck off, you fat waster Gerrard - fuck off, you fucking imposter In fact, the two above can fuck off, then come back, then fuck off again, I'm so sick of seeing the cunts underperforming together. Motson - fuck off, you senile cock. Lineker - fuck off, you unfunny jug eared moron. Wright - fuck off, you semi literate arsehole. Everyone even slightly connected with the national team, and even those associated with the media during our years of failure, they all need to go.

He sort of summed up what was wrong with our last two tenures really. He was shouting and wailing and jumping up and down..... when his side were winning and through anyway. Every time the camera panned to McClaren, he was either sat down drinking water, or just not there. And Venables was looking just like Phil Neal in that documentary about Sir Graham Taylor.

Nationwide - Announced a few minutes from the end I hope they do a Northern Rock, the witless cunts.

For me the worst England players were Lampard and Bridge. Bridge just seemed to be daydreaming the entire 90 minutes. Lampard, penalty apart, may as well not have been on the pitch. Barry was poor, but relative to the rest of the team, he was actually decent, so bad were things. SWP was also ok. I don't understand why he took Barry and SWP off, in order to recreate the proven not to work world cup midfield. I also don't understand why he had to fuck the system around to accomodate Lampard in the first place. Barry and Gerrard has been proven to work more often than not. Why not stick with it? Dreadful, witless rubbish. That's what I think. In staccato single sentences.

Lampard given MotM. By whom?

Agbonlahor isn't ready yet. Trust me.

Do you think they'll come after BSA?

Agreed. Except for Ashton. If he's the future, then we truly are bollocksed

The only positive thing tonight is that the Scots didn't go through. The gloating will be bad enough as it is. That would have been just too much to bear.

Shearer's going straight home to brush his CV up. I dont think I could stand another England manager with a hair "island" though.

I'm already a bit nervous.

The Croats are conspiring to dump the traditional allies of their Serbian enemies, the Russians.

Fucking fantastic control and finishing

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Fuck me ragged Bridge, you useless fucking CUNT

Fucking GET IN there Scotty boy.

That's not the most amazing thing though. That'd be why England persist with the pairing despite all the evidence that it does not work