2014 FIFA World Cup

[Whisper]

'Mon Japan!

[brenchill]

Sad thing is we actually have the players now to play a quicker, more expressive game. But Rooney. That big fucking useless lug.

[Chris2K]

Just to flash back 120 minutes to what the BBC did:

[Cymbols]

England played well. Should still get out of the group.

Italy were very good. Could go far.

[Sam]

Both our full backs were poor today and I wonder if it would have been better to bring Sterling on as a sub as he faded by the end.

Rooney is either the striker or number 10. You can't waste him out on the wide, put a wide man on.

[Colly]

Rio attempting to defend that shit shot. Shearer would've buried it. Ditto Henry. Ditto Lineker. Ours.

[Summers]

Henry said Rooney had a good game. Go home Frenchie.

[Dan]

I don't think Baines was poor at all, he was 2v1 all night. You could stick Cafu or Carlos in defense but if it's 2v1 they'd get beaten.

[GA!]

If England want to build a kick arse team with Euro 2016 and World Cup 2018 in mind, they need to phase Rooney out now. He doesn't work on the World Cup stage. Why accommodate for him?

[Colly]

Yeah but they wouldn't get ripped on one v ones repeatedly. I like Baines but even bearing in mind the lack of cover he's not had a good game.

[Gorka]

Barkley should start at number ten next match, looked a lot more lively than Rooney did.

[Liam]

Rio attempting to defend that shit shot. Shearer would've buried it. Ditto Henry. Ditto Lineker. Ours.

Shearer would have buried it!

[MDK]

Rio attempting to defend that shit shot. Shearer would've buried it. Ditto Henry. Ditto Lineker. Ours.

Shearer would have buried it!

Lisbie would have buried it

[Gazz]

Watching that Pirlo free kick again is giving me a semi.

[Cheeky Hughes]

Hopefully no Rooney in the next game. Or the one after that. Or the one after that.

[Sam]

One thing I never understand is why we always seem to have fitness issues. Why are our players going down with cramp? I haven't seen any other team having that issue.

[Arjen Robben]

We've just been handsomed to death by Pirlo here really. Could happen to anyone.

[MDK]

One thing I never understand is why we always seem to have fitness issues. Why are our players going down with cramp? I haven't seen any other team having that issue.

The diet. English players need to eat something other than chips and gravy before games.

[Colly]

We've just been handsomed to death by Pirlo here really. Could happen to anyone.

Not France.

[therockbox]

The gulf in class between Pirlo and Gerrard is hilarious. Gerrard's alright against most of the teams in the Premier League, when we're at a stage where there aren't many tactically competent managers and he's allowed to stroll around unchallenged, but at the top level against a good midfield and a tactically clever manager? He's useless.

Rooney is awful. 3 World Cups, 0 goals, 1 red card. Should've taken Carroll instead.

I'd take confidence from that game if I didn't think Rooney and Gerrard will play every minute of the next two games. I expect the game against Uruguay to follow a similar pattern - strong performances by the young players but stifled by key players that should have been phased out after 2010.