I dont want to labour the point or irritaate any staunch English supporters on here but what is it that the English press and public actually want.
Fabio Capello was employed by the FA based on his coaching achievments. These achievements were realised by employing methods which he has presumably used throughout his long and illustrious career as well as this qualifying campaign .
There has been no criticisim of him and his methods in either matters tactical or dealing with players up until now. Why not? I presume the qualifying campaign where he selected Heskey with some success is a distant memory now ( that statistic constantly being trotted out about England and Rooney playing better with Heskey in the team by all the hacks)... I also presume on all of Englands pre season tours and away games in qualifying the players have been following the house rules laid out by don fabio without dissent until now.
Instead, after all the sven "turnip" bashing, and lambasting of the wag culture of the last world cup everyone is up in arms about the current managements treatment of these over inflated celebrities. Comparing him to postman pat in the papers, how is that actually helping anyone...
To make the situation even more unbearable we are subjected to "professional" commontators of the ilk of Gareth Southgate, Graeme Taylor, Andy Townsand offering their half baked logic on what a world class ex player and manager of Capellos ilk should do!
What have any of these people achieved in any of their playing or management careers to question the logic of one of the best managers in football full stop!
England will be fine, Capello will organise them to win their next game. But we must not forget that its the Eleven players on the pitch that control the ball, make runs, passes , tackles and take shots. The buck should ultimately stop with the players. There were too many passengers in the last game, players hiding, afraid to get on the ball and make things happen.
One last thing, I actually think that Heskey should not be playing that Joe Cole should as well as Defoe and Crouch. But all these people calling for Cole the messiah to step in and rescue the English from a tournament devoid of imagination beware. Joe Cole is clearly not match fit and will likely not be as sharp as he has been in the past so what happens when Don Fabio caves into the press and public opinion and plays Cole and he doesent perform? Who do the press and the media blame then.....
Im not actually English but I think under Capello they will go very close to winning the world cup. Why the optimisim....Hes Italian, they know how to win. They always start the tournaments off slow and plot their way through one game at a time . And England resemble an Itaian team at the minute to me. Good luck and remember England fans, keep the faith ! And dont be too critical, because none of you are even nearly qualified enough to question capello
