Gerrard had a point though! Refs need to be more consistent.

Arsenal should buy some more English players then.

Ferdinand to captain England vs France tomorrow. Capello says its not permanent just another trial before he decides by the start of the qualifying campaign on a permanent captain.

Arsenal was on Sunday

And it finished 4-1 to NI the rest are the same. Good results for everyone apart from England you have to say

Exactly.... and you wonder why England aren't playing in the Home Nations.... scared much?

Not really surprised given the lineup put out. Hargreaves AND Barry in the staring lineup? 2 holding midfielders.
Rooney on his own up front. Surely that has been done (and failed) to death. He's not a target man, he's a play maker. Play him in behind the front man if there must be a loan striker FFS. Maybe officially on paper he plays as a loan striker for United, but he's got Ronaldo, Giggs, Scholes, Nani etc around him. Doesn't work with the players England have. So much for Capello being such a genius tactician. The fact that he would do such incredibly ridiculous things as make Ferdinand captain and play Rooney up front on his own don't fill me with confidence for WC qualifying tbh. If 1 up front is the way to go, then the only feasible option is Crouch with Rooney in behind him just in front of the midfield. Maybe I should give up my Economics degree and get a UEFA Coaching License. Because this football manager job doesn't seem as hard to me as some of these guys like to make it!

Give Capello some time, he has a big mess to sort out... I don't expect miracles after 2 matches...

There's a difference between miracles and competence and it's more the latter I was hoping to see tbh.
Obviously we were never going to beat France, and the result is not important. But given he had pretty much a fully fit squad it would have been nice to see a more appropriate system and a half decent performance. Instead we just got more of the same.

I didn't say he was crap, nor that he doesn't know what he's talking about. I was just surprised and tbh disappointed to see the same old rubbish tried again. And inevitably, the same old result. Of course he has to try things, but if the last 2 years have taught us anything at all, it's surely that we do not have the resources to play Rooney up front on his own.

Anyway, it was only a friendly so perhaps he'll find something more appropriate by the time a competitive game comes around. How many more friendlies are there before WC qualifying out of interest?