Bullet Points

Fabio Capello laid another egg and is becoming as easy to second guess and criticise as, well, the last England manager. A few thoughts:

* The sight of the San Francisco 49ers logo stained in the Wembley turf. Around 90,000 came to San Francisco in 1849 in search of a promised land, in search of gold. It was the same at Wembley on Wednesday night .... fools gold in England's case.

* Andy Carroll's debut has been met with acclaim by some. He looked busy, showed a great first touch and may have complimented Peter Crouch given the opportunity. Should England just become Ireland of 1990 and be done with it? A quarter-final at the World Cup looks highly attractive to some at the FA - including the manager!

* Phil Jagielka was given a great chance to prove himself as England's right back. He is the 3rd best English right-back at Everton.

* Steven Gerrard seemed to run himself down to the misery of hamstring injury. He has been playing an awful lot of big games recently given Liverpool's plight. Is that Capello's or Roy Hodgson's fault.

* The best thing about Gareth Barry and Jordan Henderson passing the ball sideways all game is that you could not tell them apart for most of the game. Bad news for the Manchester City sub.

* Talking of Manchester City subs - England had three of them in the side in the second half. Maybe it is greed rather than a small talent pool that has set England back. A philosophy of a career ahead of a pay packet exists in most other walks of life.

* It used to be the case that boos at Wembley meant that the manager was about to leave. Kevin Keegan had the great pride and respect for his nation that he didn't wait to be asked. Maybe it is time somebody took a direct approach to this regime, and not in terms of the long-ball game that now seems flavour of the month.

If you want to play like that, or are happy to do so, just pick one of the multitude of managers who are English and have success that way ... Sam Allardyce... Tony Pulis. Or maybe England should just employ a manager who plays good football, has friends in the media, appears to relate to players well and has proven success at home and in Europe ... oh and he is English. Harry Redknapp is here and now - lets not wait and hail him the way the world has Brian Clough in 20 years time.