If anyone was watching the World Cup this weekend, they would have witnessed one of England's worst games culminating in their 4-1 thrashing by Germany and an end to their cup dreams. Seriously... Germany walked all over them and it didn't seem that there was any heart in the squad. They gave up much too early.
Another contributor was the disallowed goal in the first half... how anyone could miss that it was in is still beyond me. Two feet over the line for Pete's sake! Just another argument for the use of goal line technology in soccer matches (it happened again in the next game with Argentina receiving an offside goal against Mexico). I'm not quite sure why FIFA has nixed the idea... something about it taking too long and spoiling the "spirit of the game". Really though - in this day and age, in this sort of high profile match with millions of dollars in the balance, I think taking a minute to verify contentious goals would be an asset. Its not like we're asking for every infraction, foul or free kick to be checked... just disputed goals which the officials did not have a good line of sight to.
At the end of the day though, the players themselves must take the "blame" for the loss. One goal would not have made a difference in the result and, if they could not mentally shake themselves out of the shock of going into the second half one goal down, then they should not be in this kind of high profile event. In any kind of sporting event, you have to just keep pounding away at the other team until you get the result you want - miracles can happen but only if you create chances for them to.
They are making £100,000 + a week which hardly seems justified in the way that they performed. And to Rooney - if you don't want fans to boo, give them something to cheer about!
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