ENGLAND DISAPPOINTING RESULT

England should have beaten the USA.Fingers will correctly point to goalie Robert Green because it was a real howler but there were other factors as well.Team selection was not quite right was it? ITV gave Emile Heskey man of the match.He did control,hold up and lay-off the ball very well.But he missed a good chance when through on goal and he was never quite in the right position to score inside the goal area.Too many England crosses found no one in the box.Peter Crouch has to come on earlier.Gareth Barry does make a difference to the England performance and England need him back in the side on Friday.Central defence has now become a problem which Fabio Capello must solve quickly.I would play Michael Dawson but it will be too much of a gamble for Fabio Capello.Whatever happened to Matthew Upson?Will Capello continue with Jamie Carragher?

But England rely too much on Wayne Rooney.He is a great player but in England's opener he did not get into the match until the closing stages.Not a good night for him but hey he is our main hope and he will come good.But it will take more than Rooney on song for England to progress far.I thought John Terry did not put a foot wrong.The USA should thank goalie Tim Howard for their point.I hope Robert Green will come again although readers of my blog know that I would have started with Joe Hart.International managers are big tournaments are often cautious and this is a case in point.Still,not that it will make Green feel any better but the Algerian keeper Faouzi Chaouchi messed up too to cost England's next opponents that match against Slovenia.He failed to deal with Robert Koren's 20 yard curler and it cost
his team a point.Slovenia's first win a major tournament puts them top of Group 6 but England will still qualify.They are sure to beat these two poor teams.