England 1 USA 1

I apologise for not writing recently, this has been due to me being extremely busy and not having time to put “pen to paper”. I am still in a state of euphoria following the Mighty Seasiders success in the play-off at Wembley. So much so, England's World Cup preparation has taken a back seat for me. Nevertheless, there I was tonight with my England shirt on looking forward to the boys beating the American lads. Before going into what I thought about our performance tonight I have got to say how much I dislike ITV's coverage compared to the BBC's. I find the constant commercial breaks just disrupts the flow and your enjoyment. To make matters worse I watched the game on their HD channel and guess what happened? They had a technical problem and lost the picture and when it returned we were 1-nil up, they missed Gerrard's goal. That should have acted as a warning to how the game would go. Even though we led for most of the first half we never quite controlled the game enough. So when Robert Green dropped his almighty clanger the Americans couldn't believe their luck. But for me he wasn't the only one who flopped on the night. Despite what the so called TV pundit experts say I cannot think of one English player who stood out. Rooney was never in it, in fact I thought he was a liability and I would have taken him off. Lennon was a joke. His final pass was just as bad as Walcott's, who failed to make the squad. Wright-Phillips is another who's final pass leaves a lot to be desired. I could go through all the team and be critical of them, but credit has to go to the Americans for the way they played and how they restricted us to very few chances. Are we good enough to win the World Cup? After tonight's performance I think it's going to be very difficult. Perhaps our expectations have been too high and we'll end up disappointed again. OK, I might be over reacting especially after just one game, but performances like this don't leave you feeling very up-beat. Still I live in hope.