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oh dear. not the worst performance but yet another lack lustre WC game from england. too many players just don't want to step up to the plate when it matters. qualifiers are merely several games against shit small european countries. U.S.A. aren't much of a step up (no offence U.S.A. you did well) but because it is crunch time england bottle it. said it before and i'll say it again , we only play well against teams we've had a war against. shame iraq aren't in this. We still have time to pull this around but previous history says we won't. Gerrard looked like a captain in the first 45. heskey made some good lay offs, johnson was available but apart from that virtually no movement and that's the sign of a team that is nervous and individuals shirking responsibility. Anyone who plays football knows how easy it is to try and look busy while not going out of their way to do anything to try and win the game. I think capello noticed this mental problem when they gathered in austria a couple of weeks ago and it's finally dawned on him the enormity / impossibility of the task. If we win this he really is the best manager in the business