England v Belgium

Anyone bothered?

England: Hart, Johnson, Cahill, Terry, Cole, Milner, Parker, Gerrard, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Young, Welbeck. Subs: Green, Jones, Baines, Lescott, Jagielka, Henderson, Downing, Defoe, Rooney, Carroll, Walcott, Butland.

Belgium: Mignolet, Guillaume Gillet, Kompany, Vermaelen, Vertonghen, Hazard, Fellaini, Witsel, Mertens, Mirallas, Dembele. Subs: Renard, Simons, De Camargo, Pocognoli, Chadli, Benteke, Vossen, Lukaku, Odoi, Nainggolan, De Ceulaer, Defour.

Referee: Peter Rasmussen (Denmark)

There's already been too many daft decisions from Woy for me to feel enthusiastic about this upcoming tournament.
It's been about being on a hiding to nothing from the minute the squad was announced, as has been the case at every international tournament in my lifetime.

We are just not good enough.

If Glen Johnson is the best RB in the country then we really are in trouble. Lescott, very average at best.



Who or what is Woy? Oh I see Roy Hodgson. Very good yeah, very funny.

How do you get 'Aiden Azar' from Eden Hazard?

Bloody foreigners!

Clive Tyldesley is doing my fucking head in with this 'Azar' shit.

It annoys me too.

What do we think of the Belgian physio dressed like he's off to a fashion photo shoot?

Belgium play some lovely football.

they've had about 25 minutes of solid possession.

Andy Townsend.

"good play by england this"

hahahahah!

Andy Townsend on Hazard.

"bit lightweight"

urrr, no.

How the hell was Gerrard made man of the match ?

From the players available no England fan can expect too much.

You know what to expect when you have the likes of Parker and Milner in your side, they are workers more than footballers.

Defoe would be a definite starter up front for me.

The Frogs will play like Belgium but the Frogs have better players.
If we win just one game at the European Championships then it has to be against the Frogs.

Frogs, Argies and Jocks are all in the same category of must win against.

I want to know how come Fellaini has a smiley

It was everything I expected under Hodgson. Dull & predictable in attack, pretty solid at the back. This will always get us results against the likes of Norway & Belgium, but as soon as we play anyone half decent we will lose 2-0. No one will thrash us but we don't have the creativity to score enough goals.

When are we going to try and use the pace of our younger players to actually attack these teams?

Belgium have absolutely no cutting edge but they're are schooled in the right way and already look a class above England in terms of retaining possession.

They basically camped in Englands half the whole game bar 5 minutes here or there.

They had no one up front, but Hazard stood out like a sore thumb, that boy oozes class.

I think Belgium's golden generation is coming through, they have a lot of young talent playing in Europe's top leagues.

I think they will qualify for the 2014 World Cup and reach the knockout stages.

I wouldn't worry too much about today's performance, international friendlies are beyond meaningless. Keep an eye on Belgium over the next couple of years.