Come anticipate Fabio Capello's two years as England manager with me

The Spanish players came out late.

David Pleat said 'clever, technical players'.

hey Robbie Keane has scored twice, in Ireland!

nice camera work itv.

'mexican wave'?? isn't it just 'the wave'?

Jaaames

"A Villa-dominated England team are behind to a player called Villa".

Yes, well done.

I'm sort of hoping that this England team will get beaten 4-0 or so. I'm not sure why. I guess I've often felt that way. OK that ain't gonna happen, but they could always do with being taught a lesson.

A LESSON IN A FOOTBALLING SENSE

is it because you hate the villa?

For some reason I think that if we lose 4-0 it would just be "oh, its just a friendly, with no rooney/gerrard/walcott/lampard etc. against the world champions" and treated as a non story. For once papers can misguidedly grab onto the silly notion of England having a chance when it comes to the world cup, whereas under McLaren it would have been FOR SHAAAME.

haha sheringham repeating the pinefox

no, I don't. I've never liked them, but I like Martin O'Neill a lot so that has changed my feelings I think. Probably like a lot of other people.

Terry Sherrinan is talkinn on TV

oh did Sherrinan say a lesson in a footballing sense ??

nah, he just said "we've been taught a footballing lesson"

Andy Townsend seems to think maybe that Heskey isn't that talented !!!

anyone got a working stream of this?

http://www.justin.tv/dragonblades5 is working for me

enjoying pleat tonight as he backs himself down various verbal cul-de-sacs.

the music is making pleat speak faster

you can watch it on itv.com legally btw.

Pleat needs taking out to the paddock to be shot.

Andres Iniesta however, needs to get his arse into gear and get on a plane to sign for Liverpool, he's fantastic. The pass he produced on 41 minutes was art.

while he's at it, he can bring Xavi and Sergio Ramos.

i think itv.com is windows-only

pleat and motson together would be fun

how easy has it been for spain to work out england's threat in the first 10 minutes and then just sit on it very efficiently...

and itv's online component is uk-only i think (i can't get it to work)

there';s only ten minutes left but try here: http://www.channelsurfing.net/

fearless and forceful, eh

another player with an asset, a good asset, good in the air

boring game, more even than was being made out, although Spain were slightly on top

ITV need to die

beckham toking before the game?

that was a logistical beatdown

Slightly? They slightly had the ball for about about 80 minutes.
xxp

England actually had more chances, somehow

Big Sam: 'we'll never be as good as them'

this fellow was interviewed for England manager's job

Sheringham is surprisingly incisive, maybe - I didn't expect it

England's players are more affected by the recession than their Iberian counterparts.

Big Sam: the baby's head talks!

did any of you see the Ireland game? gotta be honest and say that was about the worst refereeing decision I've ever seen that got us the first goal. that said people say trappatoni is a lucky manager after every single game. he must be offering us something.

mcgeady had far and away his best ever game for Ireland tonight and keith andrews looks great too, doesn't make errors at least. glenn whelan v poor imo, gives the ball away non stop. keane got the goals but kevin doyle is a real Irish player, brilliant workrate.

i would have preferred that one Ro but my TV didn't pick it up. the england game was truly horrendous, like watching a heavyweight boxer toy with a punching bag.

England actually had more chances, somehow

not sure how this is measured but however it is measured it is clearly useless as far as establishing a metric for "did this team have a chance in hell".

the commentary kept speaking of "positive" moves by england, which as far as i could see meant various attempts to make solo runs against three defenders and then losing the ball or falling down. or lofting long passes up to the big man which were intercepted. if that's "positive" then you can keep it.

I'm sort of hoping that this England team will get beaten 4-0 or so

It's funny, but England teams never get beat 4-0 or whatever, no matter how terrible they are. I wonder if England teams don't treated with too much respect.

Ronan/PF/Anyone that's seen the Ireland game on TV-

what was the penalty given for? or was it as unclear to TV viewers?

England did lose 4-1 to Denmark...but hey it was only a friendly...

When was that?

August 2005

heaviest defeat since Wales in 1980!

I saw the words 'Carlton Cole' and didn't bother watching. Sounds like I didn't miss a great deal.

I think Carlton Cole is unfairly saddled with the same name as Carlton Palmer.

and they both have a cousin Will

Too many Coles in general

c. cole completely whiffed england's most open shot on goal all night (on a pass from beckham, obv)

i didn't see the stats on possession.. it really felt like 90%-10% for the majority of the game.