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interestingly enough I watched the documentary following Graham Taylor and England back in the early 90's 'do i not like that'. Obviously he came across a bit lost but actually it was obvious to see that the players were walking onto the pitch and playing badly due to a total lack of bottle. Bossed by Norway and Poland and eventually San Marino. It seems to me that 1 year after the world cup debacle the Capello is carrying all the blame and the players have somehow wriggled free when actually most of the blame lies with their total inability to perform when it really matters.
The farce just keeps playing itself out. We manage to beat Bulgaria away from home and it barely crosses anyone's mind that England basically beat the international equivalent of a mid table championship side. A few days later, true to form, England playing at home, scrape a 1-0 against the international equivalent of........a league one side.
At any given level of football the majority of teams in a league will be roughly the same so the difference will come down to who has the mental capacity to succeed. For this reason I feel sorry for Capello a little bit because he looks bemused that players of such high quality can't step up to the plate on the biggest stage yet the walk around strutting like major stars. At least the team of the early to mid 90's had more bottle but less talent.