Each England player had a shot of being the star man and failed. Barry put in a huge effort for about three minutes around the sixty minute mark and Terry really fancied it for a couple of minutes just before the third goal. The fans appear to buy into the villain and hero culture that the media promote so heavily. The players buy into their own hype so badly and as a result, are either so frightened to make a mistake that might dent their ego, or are trying that 'Hollywood' pass to make them the hero. Germany just had a group of players that were playing a game, nothing more, and nothing less.
When Robinson made that mistake against Croatia, which was nothing more than bad luck, he was crucified. All that achieved was the loss of confidence for their best goal keeper. Why do they do it? With the reaction to Green mistake I thought that I had maybe misunderstood, and that he had actually been caught masturbating whilst watching his granny sleep but, alas, he had merely mishandled the ball in a game of football. The game in the UK is played under a fear culture where players are too frightened to relax, and will never have the mentality to win anything, with the exception of the Kirin cup. Lampard, Gerrard, Roonaaaaay, Terry, The Coleseses etc all play better for their clubs because club supporters in the UK tend to be a lot more supportive of their players, with the exception of Zebi Zadi. If an England player makes a mistake he is instantly pants and a list of other players that should have been picked instead is instantly discussed. Why is it not accepted that people balls up every now and then?
Also, getting rid of Capello would not be productive as he has lost two competitive games, against Russia and Germany, since starting over two years ago, which is not that bad. OK, they played poorly in the WC but who else could do any better? He should see it out to the Euros, just like Burley should have been left in charge of Scotland. The lynch mob mentality of the modern game has been shown time and time again not to work. The FA and Capello need to remain strong and ignore the teary eyed calls of the likes of Shearer for change.
P.S
That Lampard goal was genuinely laugh out loud I was soooooo gutted that I was by myself as I really wanted to hi five someone. They all new in an instant that it merely righted a wrong from many years ago, I forget what year though.....