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I thought Glen Johnson was the outstanding player for England throughout.

And much as I hate Terry he had a good game against Italy. Boy, it hurt to say that.

Wellbeck, Young, Milner, Cashley - their clubs can keep them; what utter [oops]. Carroll was hardly great against Italy, as not once did his knockdowns find a white shirt and his distribution was poor in general. But he was ten times the player Wellback was and seemed to close down opponents with greater vigour despite his relative lack of pace. Rooney was rubbish in both games he played as well - he's becoming as overrated as Lampard, though I guess he still does the business at club level.

And if anyone was expecting positive endeavour from a club under Hodgson's charge, well hopefully now you fully understand why he would never have been successful with Liverpool. The studio presenters on my local channel (which included John Barnes until this week, replaced by Terry Paine) kept saying the same thing: "I'm concerned about England playing such a flat back 4".

England should try everything to get Guus Hiddink

he making national teams overachieve

i though Ashley young was overrated and a massive let down and his pen summed it up for me

He tried to hard and nothing paid off and i also though Rooney was rubbish as well and couldn't keep the ball at all

I actually though England looked better when Rooney didn't play

I like Roy, and I respect him, but he should never have been given the Liverpool job in the first place, let alone keep it any longer than he did. He was well out of his depth and wasn't suited to the club at all. The football we played under him was by far the worst and most ugly football I've ever seen us play.

i totally agree bar it was awful

Roy will beats the small teams but against any big nations he will always struggle as he doesn't have any other way apart from 442

Roy did a good job at short notice with a poor squad. No manager in the world can work wonders if the players are no good.

i think that's all he can do

To beat the best you need to pack the midfield like the Spanish or the Italians

Have to agree that,a reflection of the lack of real quality this country produces.

Roy is OK at average teams and we get us to competitions but wont get us much further

442 doesn't work against big teams but roy doesn't play anything but