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[W12Allstars]

I could understand the strong, defensive mentality for the group stages. Whilst it won't win any neutrals over it did get us through as it was supposed to do.

However, when you get to the sharp end, I don't think you can show that lack of ambition and expect to get any further.

Milner is solid, but we needed more threat from the start, Young has been abysmal for all 4 games and should have been replaced by Oxlade Chamberlain, Rooney was woeful and should never have walked back into the team - once again players being picked on reputation rather than form, and worryingly last night the midfield and strikers looked knackered after 20 minutes.

I try not to care, but I still do. Can't really see how this team can progress, there's not exactly a new generation hammering at the door.

As someone else has said too, the defence were good last night, they had to be. I thought Johnson did very well, and grudgingly will concede Terry was very good.

Still, most people I was with agreed that it was the correct result and would have been a travesty if we'd have gone through.

Bring on the new season!
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[wrinklyhoop]

[Soops]

As has been mentioned above, thank God we have gone out now and can avoid utter humiliation at the hands of Germany. Shearer kept going on last night about how we're the "5th, 6th, 7th best team in the world and that's what we need to accept". Dream on!! We're not even the 7th best team in Europe let alone the world, and let's face it - any country that harps on about Wayne Rooney being a world class player is severely deluded.

[dave B]

[W12Allstars]

[White Duck]

And everyone was harping on about the Liverpool players before the tournament: turned out it was the Man Ure players that were shite.......
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