England weren't *that* bad. In fact I thought they were better than usual.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

The confusing performance was that of Gerrard. Is he not match fit? He seemed terribly immobile and lacking in drive.

[7evens]

Old

[Peter]

[PSRB]

Gerrard was terrible all game

As you can imagine, I'm slightly pissed off at all the flak coming PJ's way. Possibly partly at fault for the 1st but I'm not having it at all for the 2nd

[7evens]

It's all well and good people blaming the clubs but if coaching at grass roots level was put on a more professional footing, the clubs would have a wider talent pool from which to scout.

[Ben.]

coupled with the age thing, more defensive responsibilty , they want him to dictate play* from deeper with his passing.



*ping the ball 40 yards into touch

[Rich]

I'm a bit upset with him, tbh. He didn't have a good game.

[PSRB]

There were 5 England players around him and he still managed a pin point cross

[7evens]

As much as we all hate the c**t, Terry has played alongside Cahill all season and although that's not a pre requisite, the options at CB are fairly limited but they would have made a far better central pairing.
Baines was also largely ineffective. Even Gibbs would have posed more of an attacking threat, but Cole really should have had that slot.

[Pokster]