England are left reeling from their worst ever defeat at a World Cup and here are some of the reasons why...
Fabio Capello
Ever since the friendly against Egypt back in March Fabio Capellos value has been slowly deteriorating. The poor friendly dispalys against Egypt, Mexico and Japan were an indication of the rot at Englands core and Capello seemed unable to fix it.
This is a guy who is paid 6 million a year to negotiate our way beyond our ritual quarter-final departure. Well, he couldnt even get us that far.
His tactics were woeful. Rooney out of position, Gerrard out of position, refusal to accept that we needed a 5 man midfield at times to outmanouervre, as well as out-number, opponents at the highest level.
Depsite his stature within the game, he was unable to deal with the egos within the camp, something that proved to be a huge problem as players became aliented with each other and their manager.
Pace
Whether it be the rigours of the Premiership season, the age of the team or just the individuals selected, the England side were made to look foolish, particularly in defence, as the youthful German side rang rings around their English counterparts.
Gareth Barry and Frank Lampard struggled with the pace of the game and could not deal with the electric Mesut Ozil.
Furthermore, when England needed some urgency, neither of the midfielders were able to take the game by the scruff of the neck.
Rooney
England's talisman has not scored since 30 March and for one of the best players in the world, he never delivered at this tournament.
Much will be made of his overall fitness but this has not hampered Lionel Messi, who was described prior to the tournament as physically exhausted by the Argentinian fitness coach, or Arjen Robben, who has played just 20 minutes of football in the last five weeks and yet still managed to inspire the Dutch to victory against Slovakia yesterday.
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