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My missus just came out with a daft comment. She walked in the front room and saw the Messi goal and asked who he played for. I said Argentina. She said 'Does he always play for Argentina? Never for England?' :facepalm:

England have a habit of showing too much respect for a team at times. Teams like Iran and Costa Rica and Austrailia just forget about that and give it a bit of a go.

Yep. Was expecting him to be the main cog in the England wheel. The player who made things tick and controlled and ran games. Sometimes he can disappear a bit from games. He's still young though and he does have a good footballing brain and a bit of skill about him and is very comfortable on...

I do rate Wilshere. Jury still out on him at international level though. I really like him as a player, but he has been a bit headless chicken at times for England and lost the ball in key areas. Sturridge I like, but while he will score I don't feel he is the natural finisher we need. Much...

Well he's in my team.

Thanks Stu. Very incisive, in depth and well reasoned.

Arry reminds me somewhat of Bobby Gould. Think he'd be great in the dressing room and in interviews, but tactically would fall well short of what would be required.

Nope. Course not. Don't get this 'all these talented youngsters' the press and pundits are going on about. What ALL talented youngsters? Had we had a teamfull I would of course be optimistic, but when you look back to 2006 (Beckham, Rooney, Ferdinand, Neville, Ashley Cole, Owen, Lampard, Terry...

Nope. At the time I thought he was a good choice. To be quite honest I havent been that unhappy with him until this tournament. The Pirlo thing really annoyed me and I wasn't happy with some of the players he took either. Right choice then, now time for him to step down I feel.

Thought for a moment there you were breaking into a Who song.

Costa Rica though will now surely not play their first 11. They will want to get through without injury or suspensions. Only thing that can get worse for England is if Costa Rica play their second 11 and still soundly beat us. That happens and I do think Hodgson is going to get a hell of a lot...

Think this calls for an arm wrestle!!! All out war!! :D

And of course Coventry City are never 'always letting us down' are they. :whistle:

Oh, don't worry. The love will rekindle. Just at the moment it sometimes feels like we have no club. As soon as we're home I'll be back.

Do think it will have to be Henderson or Gerrard. Think we'll have to have some sort of holding player there. Don't think Wilshere has the discipline to do that, so your team looks pretty accurate.

Been a love of both for me, but though my love for my country will obviously never die, my love for the the Sky Blues is on the wane and that is simply because the club has been taken away from me. Don't do away matches so the detachment is completely total. At the moment it feels like I have...