[Joe]

So what did people think of the game?

On that show the biggest danger for England is themselves and in particular the manager.

He has been dismal all through qualifying and today he made one of the craziest substitutions ever. Why bring off Owen? Tactical, maybe, if it was Crouch should have been the player subbed. Owen can always work a defence on his own, Crouch does not have that quality.

There was no real encouragement from Sven to get the England team to stop playing so deep. The substitution of Cole for Hargreaves tells you that he was happy to close up shop and invite pressure upon the defence.

Today England had the better team and eventually won, but if an equaliser was scored with Owen off what would have happened then? Walcott to save the day?

The real test is when these decisions that Sven makes are critical to the outcome of the game. A more dangerous team will cause many more problems to a nervous England team.

Personally I can see him freezing when the chips are down.