Quote ="Ewwenorfolk"Yet when it gets to the big tournament, Capello's team are choking.'"
Capello's team have had a pretty good start. Undefeated in the first two group games. If only Tony Smith's England had managed that in the rugby league world cup!
I remember the dark days of Bobby Robson when we lost one and drew one of our first two in 1986, or lost all three group games in 1988, which is probably why in 1990 two draws in the first two was considered a glorious achievement in the heyday of Sir Bobby and his genius Gazza.
Then we had Graham Taylor in 1992 (draw, draw, lose, out), Glenn Hoddle and Kevin Keegan who both had us losing to Romania in the group stages.
After having this sort of dross, two draws in the first two games is a momentous achievement for me. Capello is still a long way behind England's greatest ever coach after Sir Alf Ramsey (Sir Sven) who used to send us through group stages dispatching decent teams like Argentina, Switzerland, Croatia, Paraguay with ease.....if only Sven was in charge of us and not Ivory Coast I would be predicting quarter finals for this England team.