England are playing like a bunch of nervous nellies.
What has Capello done to their mindset/confidence? This is not the same players who waltzed thru qualification.
Maybe Gerrard summed it up when he said 'this was Algeria's world cup final" meaning we are far superior than them and so they must feel honoured to get a draw out of us.
And the players think they only need go thru the motions and it will happen against these weaker teams. Well hello, it didnt happen. A collective mindset of preserving yourself for the battles that lie ahead, the battles that by the looks of it wont even arrive because we will be on the plane home with France.
That comment seems to be laughable, considering Algeria looked "technically" a higher class side than England. They played with passion, like a team, and we played like stiff dummies. Our first touch on the ball was dreadful. Nobody was able to beat a man. Every attempt to dribble was ruined by poor touch, and Algeria dispossessed us time and time again.
Ironically, the two best moments came from lennon crosses, and immediately after the second one he was withdrawn. The substitutions were baffling, the tactics equally as dire. I am not defending lennon, he was just as absent as lampard, barry, rooney, and the rest of them for that matter.
Our world cup final is now v Slovenia, so for gods sake get a shrink in that dressing room and sort their heads out.
England are no world beaters, but I know they can do better than this.
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