I laughed like a drain..

when that first one went in. After all the speculation about Robinson they selected someone who is even more inept. I know goal keepers make mistakes but when was the last time you actually saw such a howler as that. James is a liability for the fact he is always capable of making serious errors of judgement. Green has been playing out of his socks for West Ham but doesn't get a look in.

Everyone will be calling for McClaren to go but the problems don't just sit with him. The whole of the FA should be looking at their positions. The pointless friendly against Austria the other night was nothing more than a money generating exercise and cost us the services of Owen.

Gerrard gave the worst performance of any England player I can remember. I never actually saw him complete a pass over any kind of distance. He should have got taken off instead of Barry.

We are not at Euro 2008 because we don't deserve to be. If anything, it will increase my enjoyment of the tournament because I won't have to listen to the popular press making crass comments about our chances. There will still be a lot of good football on show.

Posted By: Wraith, Nov 22, 07:56:59