Honestly, if a disciplinarian like Capello can't get your lot to perform as a team then I don't think anyone can. Golden generation my ass more like pile of overrated selfish players.

Switzerland over Spain!
Serbia over Germany! That ref must work for hallmark, he gives out so many cards.
New Zealand with a goal and a point! Which is more than I can say for Australia so far. :( Do or die for us tonight, against Ghana.

Yeh hadn't thought of it that way - watched it anyway.

I'm not going to watch the England game anyway. Had planned to, but frankly can think of better things to do with the time....

My bro came out of it smiling at least.
He had £5 on 0-0 at 10 to 1.

He said he'd rather have lost though. I offered to take the money off his hands to assuage the guilt, but he politely declined.

Nice payday for your Bro. This tourney is not following the script.

Well, he also bet £5 on England winning 3-1 (11 to 1).
Said he was trying to balance the score he wanted with the one he feared.

I wonder how much of this is to do with the ball?
England played far better in the qualifiers and friendlies...
And it's not just England - shock results for France, for Spain etc

I'm watching some matches OnDemand right now, trying to work up the energy to go to the supermarket. I found myself wondering ... Are Americans not advised to sing our words when God Save the Queen is played at the beginning of the game? Sure sounded like people might be doing that ...

I'm pretty sure I heard fans singing the Americanized version before the Us vs Them match.

Mutter grumble bitch moan gripe carp whinge sulk sulk sulk.

* No wonder ITV's pundits were so critical of England - the station had lined up some great adverts to show just as our first goal went in.

* The new Shrek film is very disappointing. Shrek did nothing for 90 minutes and then had a go at the audience for booing during the credits.

* The FA have launched an inquiry to find out how a fan found his way into the dressing room. And another enquiry into how Aaron Lennon found his way into the dressing room.


* Fabio Capello told Wayne Rooney to have a long look at himself in the mirror. Like that's going to improve his confidence.

* I can't believe we only managed a draw against a poor team we should easily have beaten. I'm ashamed to call myself Algerian.

* Police have released the name of the angry bloke who stormed into the England dressing room and subjected Fabio Capello and the players to a stream of foul-mouthed abuse. It's Wayne Rooney.

* The England team went out to visit an orphanage in Cape Town on Saturday morning. "It's good to put a smile on the faces of people with no hope, constantly struggling and facing the impossible," said Jamal Umboto, aged 6.

* Handy that Blackpool are in the Premier League this season. It's the only chance these England players will get at going in an open-top bus.

* In honour of England's display against Algeria, we're unveiling a new national flag. It's the same design as before but without the red cross.

* That wasn't vuvuzelas, that was the sound of grass snoring.

Maybe soccer players just not really conversant with the words of whatever national anthem is being played (including their own). Neither the Japanese team nor the Dutch team looked as if they knew their own national anthems, but some of the people in the stands obviously really knew their stuff and were clearly enthusiastic about it.

As far as I know all the players from Japan and Netherlands are from those countries so they should know the words. Quite a few of the countries have adopted players so that would be a bit more understandable.

A (now fairly lame) favourite (Australian) comedy segment is for comedians to imitate Australian Olympic teams singing the national anthem. Usually they can confidently sing the first line and the last line of the first verse and the chorus and that's it.

Portugal smash seven goals past North Korea in World Cup rout.

OUCH! ! !