Historical victory

[PAH]

another false dawn

should start a poll - which vegetable will be used for carpello once his inept overpaid stars fail...

"Pasta-it" is my prediction for the headline.

I wonder if he'll learn English before he gets sacked. Like I said on Carpello's appointment, the FA are probably trying to get the squad to learn Italian knowing their arse-about-face ideas.

[Bluebird]

another false dawn

should start a poll - which vegetable will be used for Crapello once his inept overpaid stars fail...

[AtW]

And of course the players could really do a match every week, you nonce

Not with each other, so they are not really a team - they should be playing week in and week out together. Really the top clubs team should have been taken as reward to be national team, the problem is that not many English people in top teams now...

[sasguru]

And why is it the opposition was not nervous? I say get Croatian coach and give UK passports to the whole team of theirs, plus a few million quid (if they win World Cup) and until then they should train every week and play matches every single bloody week, not once in a while.

ATW in "I could win World Cup for England" mode.

Cos the opposition didn't have a new coach to impress, you plonker.
And of course the players could really do a match every week, you nonce

[AtW]

The players were understandably nervous

And why is it the opposition was not nervous? I say get Croatian coach and give UK passports to the whole team of theirs, plus a few million quid (if they win World Cup) and until then they should train every week and play matches every single bloody week, not once in a while.

ATW in "I could win World Cup for England" mode.

[sasguru]

I think that's a bit harsh. The players were understandably nervous in the first half but sorted themselves out after half time. They were unlucky not to score more.
Switzerland are well drilled and there's that old cliche, there are no easy matches out there.
I think a slow start is to be expected.

[PAH]

After Shearer's pre-match comments about if they struggled under Capello (coz he's some footballing messiah apparently) the England team are in a worse state than everyone thought, I was hoping the swiss would roll them over.

What I can't understand is how poor England were in the first half, barely able to string a pass together, yet in the second half they played a bit more like we know they can. It's like they can't be arsed and just do the bare minimum.

Funniest comment of the night was when the pundits were aggreing that Capello had picked a team based on who's in form rather than household names. Yeah, A. Cole and Crouch are first team regulars at their club this season aren't they. More likely he picked who was left after Terry, Lampard, and others are out injured.

Am I the only one that thinks he's watching a remake of "Mike Bassett: England Manager" these days? It's so close to the truth it's uncanny.

[Churchill]

Thanks to your new great coach, you have managed to beat the mighty Switzerland!!!!

It is the beginning of a new era, I think....... 1966 all over again...

Oh, I thought you meant our historic victory in 1665...

[Chantho]

Thanks to your new great coach, you have managed to beat the mighty Switzerland!!!!

It is the beginning of a new era, I think....... 1966 all over again...

That masturb'er Motson matched to mention 1966 before the game even started, FFS!! It's time these commentators accepted that England are nothing special and are unlikely to win the World Cup (or anything else) again.

[Bod]

Thanks to your new great coach, you have managed to beat the mighty Switzerland!!!!

It is the beginning of a new era, I think....... 1966 all over again...

Woohoo....

Jules Rimet still gleaming....

Didn't even know we had a match

[Francko]

Thanks to your new great coach, you have managed to beat the mighty Switzerland!!!!

It is the beginning of a new era, I think....... 1966 all over again...