Group C (England, Algeria, Slovenia, USA! USA! USA!)

[Chris]

Emile Heskey is a black Marco Van Basten.

[destinydude]

Emile Heskey is a black Marco Van Basten.

Indeed

[Mattshark]

So, lampard was ****, green was ****, milner was **** and lasted 30mins, Rooney was ****. Apart from that, we were ok.

[Kenneth]

Fabio opted for milner, and took him of after half an hour. he should rightly be crucified for that alone. Then brings SWP on and plays him on the left. With joe cole on the pitch fom the start, that would most probably have been 3 points IMO. Fabio, supposedly our strongest point doesn't look quite so clever.

[Leyton388]

We really need to stop referring to 66 every time england play. It smacks of desperation. Sick of hearing it all the time on the tv.

[Mattshark]

We really need to stop referring to 66 every time england play. It smacks of desperation.

It is desperation.

[Neil Young]

Fabio opted for milner, and took him of after half an hour. he should rightly be crucified for that alone. Then brings SWP on and plays him on the left. With joe cole on the pitch fom the start, that would most probably have been 3 points IMO. Fabio, supposedly our strongest point doesn't look quite so clever.

Possibly. It was a good decision to take Milner off before he got a red card though. Milner showed his lack of top European/international experience.

Agree about Wright-Phillips. He's ****e. The experience of Cole would have been useful.

[Daniel 7]

Onyewu was great.

[Mattshark]

At least the best 2 England players were Johnson and Gerrard.

[destinydude]

I thought Rooney did okay considering the fact that he wasnt given the ball at all.

[peekay]

Fabio opted or milner, and too him of after half an hour. he should rightly be crucified for that alone. Then brings SWP on and plays him on the left. With joe cole on the pitch fom the start, that would most probably have been 3 points IMO. Fabio, supposedly our strongest point doesn't look quite so clever.

Bad day for Fabio. Pretty much got everything wrong. However, England can still progress and go far from this group.

USA is a very dangerous team. They have a couple of underrated players. Even though a draw might not be the ideal result, it is not that bad either.

[Leyton388]

Oh well where liverpool finish england pick up the baton of!!

Seriously we will still win the group but we ned to get our act together asap as even the south koreans looked half decent today.

[Mattshark]

I thought Rooney did okay considering the fact that he wasnt given the ball at all.

He barely tried to get involved though. **** performance imo.

[Leyton388]

A strong USA team is only good for football IMO as with their success the american people will see what they have been missing out all these years by playing rounders and netball instead.

[cream]

I thought Rooney did okay considering the fact that he wasnt given the ball at all.

I thought he was ****, no where to be seen in the first half.