Woeful, just woeful, and the people calling for Heskey to be dropped...WTF? Seriously if anyone needs dropping it's Rooney. He's constantly off the pace, never seems to get close to the ball....and it isn't Heskey's fault!
They should both be dropped IMO. Play Defoe and Crouch instead. Not a bad idea considering that they play together at Tottenham and have played together at Pompey as well. They should at least have an understanding.
And I do understand that keepers get lambasted for mistakes and have to be more reliable than outfield players, but would people have been calling for Terry to be dropped for that fucking awful backpass if James hadn't been quick enough and confident enough to rush out and get the ball?
Probably. Personally I wouldn't play both Terry AND Carragher anyway. Way too immobile a partnership. WE should play either Upson or Dawson.
James did alright but none of the others were without some fault at least. Lampard, if they ever need to replace Waldo in those Where's Waldo books, they can use him as he's almost completely anonymous in most England games. Gerrard, again, can't get the best out of him. Barry started ok but eventually everyone else's ineptitude infected his play. Lennon, one decent cross, not much else.
Personally I still fail to see how our most talented midfielder can't even get into the first XI when clearly we're lacking his skills.
Should have taken Adam Johnson and Walcott. Walcott's not great but he offers more than both SWP and Lennon IMO. I just find it amazing that we continue to play wingers who clearly can't cross a decent ball consistently. Even stranger when you have both Joe Cole and James Milner who can cross balls in for fun.
I get the impression that Capello will persist with a few players that really need to be dropped. It's no more obvious now than it was at the end of the US game, but Capello's almost at a point now where he'll continue to pick them just to prove a point.
I don't think that Heskey had a great game, but to shoulder the blame onto any one person would be wrong, as IMO, James aside I thought we were thoroughly wretched throughout.
Where's the team that qualified with ease, banging in goals for fun? They seem to have been replaced by a bunch of strangers who make Turnip Taylor's team of failures look like Brazil.
Anyway, not over yet but don't like the notion that the groupwinner/second could be drawn by lots if it came down to it!
To be honest, based on the two performances so far I don't think we deserve to go through. Both Slovenia and the US have shown far more desire in their two games. Our lot look like they're going through the motions.
This must be the first time where we could actually go out of the World Cup and it wouldn't bother me. They've bored me into ambivalence.
Oh and re that Rooney comment...way to win the fans Wayne, no matter how frustrated you are turning on the fans is the last thing you ever do, you'll never win.
Could be the final nail that. Key that we have the fans behind the team for the Slovenia game. As it was the fans would have made their feelings known tonight and then it would be business as usual come the Slovenia game. Now, I'm not so sure. I'm sure it was very frustrating for Wayne to hear the boos, but let's be fair Wayne, they're thoroughly deserved. Unlike you, they've had to pay their way to get over there and follow the team. I think they're perfectly entitled to air their grievance.
For me, there were worrying signs tonight. There's something not right with the players. You can see it in the body language and attitude. Personally, I didn't think that our performance against Algeria was any better than France's against Mexico.
Denmark. 
