Has Roy Got Off Lightly??

In all honesty, England failed to rise above the level of the mediocre at any stage in this tournament and for the most part were unambitious, boringly defensive and shocking in possession. Without doubt, finishing top of the group was an achievement and was largely down to Roy's tactics - he set out his stall to be hard to beat and sneak the odd goal on the break.

I can't help feeling that if Capello had still been in charge and we had just been knocked out on penalties after those four tournament performances he would have been lambasted in every tabloid and broadsheet going. Graham Taylor's turnip nightmare would be nothing compared to the unrelenting and imaginative vegetablisation of Fabio by the great English Journos.

I like Roy; he seems a decent and straight forward bloke who tried his best. But the football his team churned out was turgid in the extreme. His honeymoon is over and now he must turn to the cream of our youth and build a team for Brazil that can excite us.