Originally Posted by vaughant

You haven't said that to be fair mate it's just capello is a proven manager and this is the same squad of players that walked qualification and regularly shine for their clubs,this was the first year no British representation in the champions league semi finals granted but their still very talented.I didn't see any heart in them today,they had a little go after the first goal and the second(disallowed) but Germany IMHO had the measure of them throughout.I think what peeps are getting at is for 44 years now England have been harping on that this is their year etc. yet they never live up to it and always seem to go out with a whimper (1990 excluded) which I think is largely down to the massive hype given to how easily their going to win,they were even talking about who they were going to meet in the semis as the path was so easy to get there,win group,easily,nine points,beat Ghana/austrailia,beat whoever in the quarters and on to the last four,it really was that matter of fact with shearer and co.Tbh it must be nice to support a team that ACTUALLY gets to a major finals but I'd be devastated if Wales got there and worked as little as England did.