Crarp!Crap!Crap! The most gifted squad England has ever sent to the World Cup, made complete fools of themselves. Still, it is not the worst performance ever by an England side. It is also to be expected that they will improve. One hopes they can not play like that again. I think that as the opposition improves, so will England. I thought Peter Crouch put in plenty of effort, but he has no chance of getting on the end of anything, if England continue to hack up gormless high balls into the air and constantly present the ball to the opposition. It was a surprise when Michael Owen went off, because I don't think he did enough to make anyone notice he was playing.
England began 1966 with a dreadful draw against Uraguay, the European Championship of 1996 with a poor draw against Switzerland and the last World Cup with a pathetic second half surrender to Sweden. There is hope yet. England have three points. They must get better. They can get better.