Le Poof

No, they didn't. A better and more respectable man you will not find and he is, without a doubt, one of the best managers in world football. That being said, he is the one that got himself sacked. Bar the idiots that boo at the match and the select few (a minority, no doubt) that voiced concerns and shouted "sack Rafa" across the internet, the majority always gave him their unconditional support and wanted him to stay beyond this season. He did his part brilliantly - he made clear to all of us the travesties that Hicks & Gillette were committing behind the scenes and pulled the curtain away for all to see the blatant lies we were being fed every time they spoke. Unfortunately for him, this made his position as manager tenuous as it was. There is no doubt that they only needed the slightest excuse to sack him and finishing 7th was, indeed, that. Now that we all know what that pair of cunts are doing to our club we can attempt to deal with it accordingly, we don't need our manager doing it for us. While having Rafa would've been good, we have to face reality that he's gone. Moved on to a better place, in fact. What we need now isn't a manager interested in the politics; what we need is a manager who will manage the team and get the best out of what he is given. Hodgson is up there with anyone in terms of getting the best out of a limited team or a team with limited resources. That part he will do well, I have no doubt. So, anyway, do us a favour and spare us the holior-than-thou patronising nonsense.

Hey, let's take solace in the fact that under shit, shitter, and shittest, it could have been much, much worse than Hodgson.

I believe in you Woy you beautiful old bastard.

It's a travesty that Reina doesn't start over Casillas.

Bollocks. I doubt you were saying that when he got them to piss their through qualifying with nine wins out of ten and a +28 goal difference. Short memory on you, eh. Jesus himself couldn't get that England side to win fuck all when it comes to the real competitions. Their problems were psychological, not tactical. The English National Team is a fucking circus in every corner, be it the FA or the media, or on the pitch, be it Terry, or their myriad of shit keepers. Capello's good, but he's not magic. You'd do well to look at the similarities with every manager that takes control of England - it's not that every manager is inept, it's the team and its combination of arrogance and lack of quality coupled with their atrocious mentality. Golden generation? Don't make me laugh.

You wouldn't have a man that has won five Serie A titles, two La Liga titles, four Italian Cups, a Super Cup, and a European cup over Deschamps or Hodgson?

It's whiskey nose's team, he doesn't even need a work permit.

Decent half of football, that. Started off a bit slowly but the second that (non) goal went in it's become a much tastier affair for it. Those handbags at the end suggest that Mexico will feel they've been treated unjustly and that it's them against the world; bodes very, very well for the second half.

Really? I feel bad for the English supporters who traveled all the way to South Africa and stayed there - just think of all the expenses - only to watch dire performances from the group stage onwards. Gerrard (even if he is ours), Honest Wayne, England's Brave John Terry, Fat Frank, Cashley, and the rest of them will go home to their well-endowed WAGs, their expensive cars, their huge mansion, and sit on their piles of undeserved money, while these supporters (misguided as they are) who care more about the team's performance than any single one of those players have to go back home to call an end to their summer holiday with holes burned in their pockets from the expenses.

Honest Wayne takes Zlatan's mantle as overrated striker of the world.

Goodbye Ingurland!

How we sought Barry instead of Alonso I will never understand. A more underwhelming player you will not find.

Oh, and I suppose that the likes of Sky Sports and other English reporters ask insightful, meaningful questions? It's the World Cup. It even said some of them traveled a long distance to get there. It's disgraceful and typically arrogant from the English FA, National Team, and annyone else involved. I hope they get humiliated tomorrow. They deserve no better.