in all honesty, if you were to ask me to do something about england's now-at-least 48 years of hurt, i would be unable to answer you. if i were the chairman, i would simply resign now and let someone else get on with the job.

ok, that's not saying anything, seeing how i'm not the one in-charge.

the whole point of a blog, one of it, at any rate, is to voice opinions that would otherwise be unheard because nothing's going to be done about it. so what the hell am i doing here saying i don't have an opinion?

fine i do have an opinion. at least i formed one in the course of the last 3 paragraphs.

contrary to what england thinks, you do not need to be the most technically gifted team in the world to win. the likes of joe cole have said that the germans played them off the pitch because of their superior technique, their ability to keep possession of the ball. ray parlour has said that they are alike with the dutch in nearly everything, except their technique and the great divide between 4-4-2 and 4-3-3.

yes, you do need good technique to play good football that sweeps your opponent off its feet. the thing is, you do not need good technique to win a football match. look at italy in 2006. which player in the squad could match zidane in terms of technique? totti? del piero? close, but not that close. and the end result, italy still won.

if good technique was all that you need, then holland would already by 5-times world champions, and the italians and germans would have nothing to show.

much as i would hate to admit it, possessing good technique isn't the only way to play winning football. much as people would like to say england's players are overrated, at the same time let's not underrate them. epl players are still epl players, whether in a chelsea, england or RI jersey. the team is fine.

if that's the case, then it follows that capello has underperformed.

ok that wasn't what i thought 2 weeks back, im not making much sense to myself here ...