Looking back I have given up on thinking that England were just rubbish. I think the national team just can't score when they need to - they put pressure on themselves (and always have) with the total inability to get that second goal for a bit of breathing space. When beating the USA idiot Heskey was one on one with the keeper and shot straight at him. Had he scored we were cruising, confidence high for a 4-0 demolition of Algeria and play out the last game in second gear. Sadly as I said, we never manage to take the chances and turn the pressure down and coast half a game. We always end up unable to pass the ball 10 yards because of the immense burden the players are carrying which increases as time ticks away. To be honest we were very, very poor in South Africa but we are traditionally unlucky too. Capello is right, had Lampard's goal stood against Germany we were suddenly ascending and it is quite possible we could have won and gone through - we were pulled apart mainly because we were desperately stretched trying to score at the other end. In reality, Germany deserved to go through and if Lampard's goal had stood and we did go on to win the match it would have been a travesty as Germany deserved to progress and we simply didn't. It was almost a relief to go out thrashed, rather than in a penalty lottery again.
The point is, I think we have genetic and mental problems with our national team and I can't see Capello, Redknapp, Hodgson or anyone else sorting them out anytime soon.
