[Tealeaf]

Hi CJ.....my brain is in serious trouble at the moment so I'm afraid you're going to be spared the usual lucid analysis and exposure to the truth. But there really is'nt much more to be said above what has already been written. I've stuck my neck out for the last few weeks and stated that England were of insufficient calibre to win this tournament; that Beckham is merely ornament; and that the team should be managed by someone other than Sven.

Footy is about 70% skill and 20% luck, the latter clearly deserting us last night...but it is also about 10% will to win, and that is something blatantly absent from this team. Who now remembers that farrago last october when, after Ferdinand failed to turn up for his drugs test, the team, led by Beckham, threathened to strike, saying the "FA failed us badly".? Does anyone reading this seriously believe that this team had the willpower and love of country to win this tournament when they were prepared to mutiny? Beckham and the others should have been told in no uncertain terms that he & theywould never wear an England shirt again.

But don't worry........the entire nonsense starts all over again next year with the qualifiers for World Cup 06...who do you think will be repreenting our country? I think I know, and I think I know what's going to happen as well.

:engsmil: <---------these things are'nt just for footy, you know.