England Expects...........The Same old shite

So the 2010 world cup is getting nearer and nearer and many of the English feel that this is our year, now we have Capello we can beat anyone, I think it needs to be said though, new manager, same old bunch of idiots.

My best way to show this example however comes from the recent friendly against Brazil. After many of the "big" players pulled out due to "injury" when in fact they had more important things to worry about (their club team or as they like to refer to it as, their paycheck) England were left with a scond string team. This team went down 1-0, 1-0 against the best team in the world in conditions that an Englishman can't handle (poor Wes Brown looked like he was gonna faint). I watched that match and I thought they performed very well, despite conceeding the defence was very good, only a amazing piece of play managed to break them down. Wright Phillips and Milner both looked lively on the flanks and the two "regulars" Rooney and Barry put in another good shift. If I were to change anything I think a more attacking midfielder capable of creating chances could have played instead of Jenas.

Yet despite a fairly good performance what did I see on the back of the papers? Cappello in the fashion of Homer Simpson claiming that these players aren't good enough. Sad when you think about it that people blame Steve McLaren for failing to reach Euro 2008 and the players got no flack at all, these players that failed to reach Euro 2008 are the same players that will be playing in the first game of the World Cup and should this team with the likes of Lampard, Gerrard, Ashley Cole and Ferdinand come across Brazil, I assure you they will go down in terrible fashion.

Regardless of his play lately Ferdinand will be at Centre Back with John Terry even if the pair of them are terrible in the run up to the World Cup, even Heskey still gets the nod when he's incapable of scoring in a brothel, it's time England stop putting the big names on the team sheet and start playing the players who will put in 110%, the players who always want to play for the team and the players that can actually play together, only then will England be real contenders for the World Cup.

Whether Capello will make his own choices rather than follow the tabloids remains to be seen, if there's one thing McLaren did right it was make his own choice when he dropped Beckham, any good manager needs to be willing to make their own decision when necessary.