Fabio Capello – What a guy.
In the past four games England have finally looked like what the press, the fans and the media claim the England team is – world class. Is Capello the reason and is this finally problem solved?
Capello certainly seems to have quickly got to grips with the long standing England problems. [...]

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Already in his short reign as England football coach, Fabio Capello has achieved  a record breaking four wins from four games in the World Cup qualifying round.
Last nights 3-1 win away to Belarus leaves England with maximum points in their group, an achievement only matched by 2008 Euro Cup winners Spain. An enviable position for [...]

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I defend the right of any paying supporter to boo an England player or an England performance and do not want to be told I can’t, shouldn’t or am a moron for doing so.
For those of you familiar with my football posts, you will know I have stood up against the moral majority on more [...]

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For anyone simply reading the result, 5-1 may sound better than another less than convincing England performance.
Once again England didn’t play with confidence or conviction.  Fabio Capello has still not been able to get the best out of certain players.  Until Rio Ferdinand scored in the 55 minute, neither Lampard, Gerrard or Rooney were playing [...]

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Now everyone can see highlights of yesterday’s Croatia-England match as itv have stumped up “a low six-figure sum” for the highlights. itv had previously offered half a million pounds for highlights, but were rejected by Setanta. (source: Guardian)
This week has been an utter farce for international football coverage, with German stations showing both [...]

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