Regarding English managers....we've had a few over the past few decades, Venables, Taylor, Hoddle and McLaren and they all took us to the final didn't they?....The last half decent one we had was Sir Bobby, who was sadly hounded out by the press.
I would love to know which current English manager people believe is good enough coz I don't see any.
Germany are a good team, but England like Australia did, made them look a hell of a lot better than they actually are.....Slightest bit of pressure and the Germans flapped, in all honesty they were gifted 4 goals, by a ridiculous defence.
Problems started for England at the start of the year with Terry and Cole, both caught with their pants down and the mentality that some of these players control the dressing room.
I think we had a less obvious version of what happened with France, with player power dictating what happened on the pitch, that may be why Cappello has asked for the support from the FA.
What about the Premiership, where are the next generation of young players coming from, I don't see many now who really shine, where are the kids coming through the academies?
It's cheaper often for a lot of the clubs to buy average foreign players than to nurture the talent we have in our kids.
I have coached a kids team for the past 3 years, who competed in a strong division 2 last season, and as well as half a dozen kids in our team, I see at least 2 or 3 kids every week from teams around our county and in all 6 leagues and across a multitude of age groups who should in all honesty be getting picked up by clubs looking to develop the future of English football.
We also have to look at the way we play football as a country, stop rushing things, using the long ball game. We should be playing pass and move, patient football developing the technical side of our game (too many times I saw poor passes or terrible ball control in receiving a pass). Fitness is not good enough either. We never chased anything unless the ball was a yard in front of us, compared to the Japanese, Mexicans etc who fought for every seemingly lost cause.
Shame on them for letting us all down.