Abysmal, appalling, shameful, disastrous, weak, useless. Add your own adjective. That warm up game was a joke. I hope the real England game is better than that shambolic performance from a bunch of overpaid louts which has preceded it.
England were outplayed by an energetic Algeria - delightfully patronised by all and sundry despite them having qualified for this tournament fair and square and having beaten the imperious three-times African Nations Cup champions, Egypt, on the way.
Let's cut the crap. England are terrible. They lack spirit, they lack ability, they can't play together, they are woeful.
A key question is why the manager didn't play our 'world class' star, Wayne Rooney. And who was the fumbling spud-faced Scouser at the front of the England team who couldn't kick a ball in a straight line. He looked like Wayne Rooney but he couldn't have been, surely.
Now you expect Frank Lampard to be flaky, you expect John Terry to underperform but apparently Rooney is at the level of the Brazilians. To which the answer is a choice between 'er, no' or a simple raspberry. Apparently he left the pitch complaining that England fans were booing him. No sh!t, Sherlock. You're paid £90,000+ a week to kick a ball around the pitch. Why can't you do it, you waste of space?
As for the manager, well my pop philosophy on football is that organisation wins games, not just talent. Put together 11 talented players and you have 11 talented players - but teams win tournaments. That's how Greece managed to win the European Championships with far more limited players than this bunch. Sorry, Fabio, but no excuses: the buck stops with you and you failed to respond to the dismal, dismal display.
Here's how to solve it. Put Rooney on the bench. If he won't play, don't let him play. Make the jumped up little [insert noun of your choice here] work for his place, not just assume he's there. Start with Peter Crouch and Shaun Wright-Phillips, who at least challenged the excellent and spirited Algerians. Use Aaron Lennon, who's like a steam train when he runs at the defence. Keep our defence the same as they did okay and they at least seem to know how to play together. Above all, just do something, anything, to change things.
Disgusted, dismayed, despondent. If this England team win the World Cup I'll move to Baghdad and set up a bagel shop.
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