Subject: RE: BS: World Cup 2010
From: Alan Day - PM
Date: 27 Jun 10 - 05:53 PM

Hi alan I agree with all you say. We just weren't good enough to beat a better team on the day.

OK they didn't get the breaks but that should not have created the confusion and disruption in the England defence.

As I said earlier England played like strangers who only met an hour previous to the match.

There was no fire in their bellies. Look at the lack of appeals to the referee and linesment when England scored that obvious goal.

I am not advocating some of the juvenile actions of some of the other teams but this lack of passion signified something deeper to me.

All was not well in the England camp.

There will be much wailing and nashing of teeth for weeks to come but we have to face up to the fact that we are not a first class nation at football any more.

We may have the best league in the World but that is because most of the best players are foreign. Maybe this is one of the causes of our deepseated problems ??

cheers

MikeL2