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Just with England the defeats are so much harder to take. With the City you know another game is coming up the following week and the week after that and so on. 46 games. With the games that matter for England you get just 10 qualifying games spread over a year and a half and then just 3 in a...

All I can say then is that you are crazy in the coconut.Cle Clearly takes the players legs. Think you are on the wind up. ;) 100% penalty. Clear as day. I suggest you freeze frame it. The defender takes the player first and is nowhere near the ball. Stonewall.

Just watched it again 3 times, Brighton. Absolute nailed on penalty all day long. Took his legs.

Seriously? Clear pen. Took his legs, not the ball. 100% stonewall.

He has been poor these 2 games for sure. Weak links for me in this tournament have been Johnson, Baines, Gerrard, Welbeck and Rooney (in that Italian game). Jagielka has also made too many errors. Only bright spots have been Sterling, Sturridge and Barclay. Lallana not had a chance, Ox been...

Yep!! Indeed. That's why I'd much rather see us in a tougher group. When we are in these weaker groups it makes us look a lot better than we actually are. Get Germany or France in our qualifying group and top that and THEN we are talking.

Both Lampard and Gerrard have been so much better for their club sides than for England. Time for both to retire now. Bring on the new breed.

Good God the Swiss defence is being carved apart. Opening up like the Red Sea. Really like watching Sunday pub football. Brilliant from France, but the Swiss? Dear me.

Football players do annoy me sometimes. Absolute, stonewall, clear cut pen for France and yet the Swiss players surrounding the ref pleading injustice. Clear pen. 100%.

Yep. Supporting City, supporting England, buying a lottery ticket, voting Lib Dem. All completely pointless.

Tell you what, if Switzerland play like this in our Euro qualifying group it'll be a doddle.

This football malarkey fills your head every waking hour doesn't it. My misuss said to me today 'since the World Cup has been on what have you done to help around the house?' I said I see myself in a kind of free role.

Yes, but what about all the other teams who are already out. If they all go home their opposition for the final game won't be there to play them will they and these teams might well need a result to progress!!

He's not a bad manager, just not quite what we need right now. We need young fresh blood out on the field and fresh thinking from the touchline too. I don't like to be too harsh, but you only get 3 games in these tournaments and you have to get the tactics spot on if you wish to advance. Too...

Bit unfair though if the other team need a point to go through and they've got no-one to play against. :whistle:

Think he was just throwing names out there to be honest. No idea why Smalling is even there. No international class at all for me.

I would go for Shaw. Jones at right back, though I can't say I'm too impressed with him, but he can't surely be any worse than Johnson. I would also go with Ox if fit and Lallana. You're right though, the squad is very thin. No idea why Lampard is there. Anyway, drop Johnson, Baines...

And I really hope Hodgson steers away from fielding the old handers for this game. Can't see any point in now doing that, but you can be bound sure that Hodgson won't drop captain Gerrard. If I was Gerrard I would retire now and hand the armband over. Tuesday needs to be fresh blood. If we...

I don't want that though. If we win I want it to be on merit not because the other team is just going through the motions.

Would be better than the other scenario I can envisage. That of Costa Rica now just going through the motions in our game, England winning and the team somehow going home with their heads 'held high.' Hope Costa Rica really go for it against us. If we are to win I don't want it to be by default.