The trouble is I don't think Capello is a fan of the system so I doubt we will use it.

The dilemna for Capello is whether to ditch a system that worked very well in qualifying (in what turned out to be quite a poor group) and will probably be perfectly adequate in the Group stage, but will struggle against the stronger teams, in favour of one that is largely untested. A switch to 4-5-1 would be a gamble but one that will indicate the extent of his ambitions.

Id agree with that too,both Lampard & Gerrard have goals in them. France won a world cup without a recognised striker(who if i recall couldn't lace Rooney's boots)so try and play to your strenghs,if it doesn't work well bring Heskey or Crouch off the bench and adjust the system to 4-4-2

Bet the likes of Brazil,Spain,Germany etc are having a good laugh after that performance today



I know it is better to get the bad performance's out of the way before the world cup starts but realistically we will struggle to get past the last 16,i hope Adam Johnson gets in along with Joe Cole,i wouldn't bank on Walcott sending any decent crosses in,& how bad is his first touch?

Spain barely got past Saudi Arabia yesterday. Writing them off are you? It's a warmup game, Capello tried some stuff and we got away with a win. Doesn't mean a thing in the long run

I thought winning games while not playing well was the sign of a good team

Anyway i'll settle for 7 scrappy wins in SA if it means we win the tournament.

It might have been better if Capello had trusted his judgement, named his 23 and just used the 2 games to practice different formations. It was rather like watching The Apprentice.

Thought Huddlestone was an apprentice.

The back four looked like strangers in the first half yesterday - but then perhaps they are?

Hardly international class is he.

Based on that performance, I think it shows that Capello can't afford to pick anything other than the strongest 11 available to him if we are going to get anywhere near the final.

To be honest (and obviously I'd love to be proved wrong) I don't see our strongest 11 getting us anywhere the Final. Yesterday's back four would be considered our strongest I think and they will have to face much better opposition than those they struggled to handle yesterday.