A few things...

Our biggest problem was lack of fitness, meaning that we couldn't cope with the heat and humidity. So reminiscent of Holt every August.

Coupled with that is the obvious technical shortfall. But what made that worse was that our technically best players didn't contribute, with the exception of Gerrard. Rooney and Young were fairly useless throughout. Rooney got his first tournament goal in 8 years - why is he still an automatic pick?

It's too early to judge Hodgson, but I hope he gets tough with the players - gives them extended and rigorous fitness tests etc. All Euro tournaments are played in summer so they should prove themselves able to play 90 minutes in those conditions. But whats really needed is a change at the FA. Cricket and rugby have shown that leadership at that level can produce world-beating teams.

Posted By: Higher Wrather, Jun 25, 08:21:41