MORIBUND ENGLAND

From The Independent:

England's loss in stats:

32 Wayne Rooney lost the ball by being tackled in possession 32 times, more often than any other player at the 2010 World Cup finals.

6 Germany scored four goals from six shots on target, while England mustered seven attempts on target.

55 Wayne Rooney completed only 55 per cent of his passes against Germany, less than any other player.

4 The last time England conceded four goals in a World Cup finals game was in a 1954 quarter-final v Uruguay.

37 Frank Lampard’s free-kick against the bar was his 37th shot without scoring at a World Cup.

0 England have not won a game in which they’ve conceded a goal since beating Cameroon 3-2 in 1990. 

From Dr. Boogaloo:

England's loss  via rheumatism:

The handwriting was on the wall during the game against Algeria.  That, for me, was the worst ninety minutes of football I've seen an England side play in any Cup Finals since I began watching in earnest many, many years ago.  Many times worse than today's debacle.

This tournament made the English side look like a bunch of ludicrously wealthy, over-hyped, near geriatric buffoons.

The core of this team is the same side that couldn't cut it four years ago. WTF?  What's been going on in the youth academies for the past dozen years?

Heskey?  'Fer fuck's sake.

Yes, there will always be an England.  But I don't see the lads in a semi-final any time soon.

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Okay.  Time to get my orange on. The Dutch make a decent brew, after all. (And Robbie plays for Arsenal.)

Of course, if The Netherlands go out next, I'll have to cheer for... um, Portugal?

Fuck it.  Maybe I should just go all in with Argentina.

Llewellen... beer, lad.