England expects.......too much

Devastated. Fucking devastated.

England expects...

...Well, it's less than 3 hours to go until the whistle blows in GelsenKirchen, Germany for England's quarter final with Portugal.

England expects....

I've had to get up early, nervous anxiety go the better of me and after waking around 6.30am, I couldn't get back to sleep...

Ok, so we have had some results. It's not been attractive, but effective at getting us this far. I long for the day when we get an England manager that excites the fans. Look at what Klinsmann has done with Germany. The Germans, once slow in build up and often boring are now rampant, tearing forward in numbers and producing some exciting players too, look at Klose/Podowlski/Ballack...

We have, on paper, the best team in the tournament - Period.

Just read the team sheet, every one a superstar, we just haven't seen them perform as a team. Yes, we've seen flashes of brilliance (Cole / Gerrard / Beckham) but we just haven't gelled and had our full impact. Owen out of the equation, what has Crouch / Rooney actually done? Poor Walcott hasn't even had a run out and the further we progress, the less likely that is to happening - poor sod. We have a huge strike problem. When I think of where the goals are going to come from, I just don't even think about our attack...

I really hope we play Lennon and Carrick at some point today too. We at least look like we want to win when they are on the field and Lennon causes no end of problems on the right...

We often perform like the Itlalian team of GQ models, all prima donnas and like a team of individuals, not an individual team. This is where Mourinho has seen success in achieving the above...

I'm being harsh I know. We're in the quarters and a mouth-watering game lies in prospect. Time to shine lads, time to step up to the plate, time to walk-the-talk.

Dave expects.....