World Cup yawn.....

Well, if our result against the USA was poor, this performance against Algeria was abysmal. I don't even take solace from the fact that France, Spain and Germany have been beaten. This is not about other national sides, it's about England. Unlike a lot of pundits who have played up the possibilities of us winning the World Cup I have always had my doubts. Our results prior to the competition have been on the whole very positive. My impression of Fabio Capello was also positive. He brought along a more discipline style of management to the job, which had been missing for a long time. Unfortunately, despite this new stricter regime too many of his first team players not only let themselves down with their off-field antics but the manager too. I think this helped to undermine the workings of the whole squad. In particular the Terry / Bridge debacle, which caused Terry to be dropped as England captain. Tonight's game was a disjointed affair. Too many established players were collectively poor. Rooney, Gerrard, Lampard, Johnson, Terry, Cole, Wright-Phillips  and Lennon were just not good enough and I think Rooney was the worst of the lot and should have been subbed. I am sorry to say this but I fear Capello has too many favourites who he will not drop irrespective of how they perform. He seems to prefer Heskey to Crouch, and yet Crouch's goal to appearance ratio is second to none, whereas Heskey's is next to nothing. We now go into our last game against Slovenia looking for nothing short of a victory to guarantee a place in the knock-out stages. I must admit I am not feeling as positive as I should be, but if we do not make it then the manager and players must take the blame.