Well, I watched the game last night as an avid fan. England were thrown a massive lifeline at the weekend with Israel winning, but it looked like nobody wanted to grasp it.
I have to congratulate Croatia. They had already qualified and I've seen it all too many times that the team who have already qualified don't turn up, that can't be said of Croatia.
Where does the blame lie...
True the Premiership has many foreigners, and this is something we had a problem with in Scotland and we've benefited from more teams playing with homegrown talent. However there are plenty of talented English players at this point.
The Manger, sorry but this guy is and always will be a diddy. Results achieved for Middlesborough were not exaclty fantastic, yes he took them on a European crusade, but how many of those games were goalathons and they got stuffed in the final. Tactically naive. Why play a new formation, because it suits the Chelsea players?!? When you score two goals in a row to equalise, you are on a role, there is belief.... why do you tell your players to sit back and defend! .... that plays into Croatias hands, as they looked shaky for the first time after the Crouch equaliser.
The Players, they have to take responsibility for their actions....or lack of.
The FA, they picked the wrong man in the first place.
Scolari would have had England playing flowing football.
Mourinho, it won't be entertaining but you'll get results and you could win something. Personally I don't think he would be interested.
The Media, they are there own worst enemies, building players and teams into something they are not. Then there is the normal negative press before the big tournaments.
Rant over...