"Like football but not footballers???"

[TF/S4DK]

BENTLEY SLAMS ENGLAND CRITICSDavid Bentley has hit out at England´s critics by claiming they are happy to see the team fail.Manager Steve McClaren and his players have been pilloried in some quarters in the wake of Wednesday night´s European Championship qualifying defeat in Russia.And Blackburn midfielder Bentley said: "In this country, people do enjoy getting on people´s backs. We do enjoy knocking people down. I believe sometimes people are happy when we fail."

Now to some extent he might have a point, but I REALLY dont think it was ideal for HIM to say it...

[MUFCCHAMPS2007]

Yeah loads of people dont like the english football team, even full bread english people just not ethnics like on here.There seen as over paid, underacheiving, no caring at times, spoiled at times.Like bentley can talk.

[Mr Q]

Tis true. But Bring on the rugby 2moro.

[BATTY BOY BUM BANDIT]

There just sh*t.They expect the worst.

[MrJibbles]

When you're hyped up as this "Golden Generation" having so called "world-class" players in every position you expect to have the media and us the fans to lay into them. They deserve it, this side does not have the mental strength to handle the pressure and it's showed in each quarter final and Wednesday night.Not making Euro 2008 will be a blow in terms of money but this will be a huge kick up the backside to the FA and the coach, who starting NOW must call on youth if he wants to do well in 2010, that means bringing in the likes of Lennon, Walcott, Baines, Taylor, Carson, Bentley, Richards has nailed down a place for me and Neville won't be there in 3 years so keep him in. We hear the endless excuse about "they have don't international experience" (Lawro when asked about Shorey to start against Russia) well how you ment to get it if you don't play? yet Lescott played and was sh*t. Tactical side needs a switch up, need to play something other than 4-4-2, why do we stick with it? Well it's our "favourite formation" and one they all know, well we haven't won anything using it have we? So why not switch it up to a 4-3-3? 3-5-2? don't use Croatia away as an excuse that England side bottled it big time. Another thing England aren't very good at keeping the ball against bigger sides are they? Quit this long Hollywood ball to the tall man flicking onto Owen. It's boring and doesn't do you any good.

[Libertine]

biggest prick ive ever seen

[Guest the_truth_hurts]

biggest prick ive ever seen (no homo)

Nah he's got a point you know, the media are loving the fact that England lost and can pick out scapegoats and abuse them. Have the tabloids ever said anything positive about Mclaren?! would have been better the statement came from a more senior player tho.

[Cipher]

Since i have been alive i have heard that every generation is the Golden Generation..never really seems to materialise, closest was Euro 96 I think..I think Bently got a right to say it, sh*t, you can be Adolf Hitler, but if your saying the truth, its the truth..And TBH, I dont pay any attention to the general Media/News/Tabloids, the worst kind of scum, Whose interests are in the corners of whoeever's pockets they are in..

[Guest M12 Part 2]

Not making Euro 2008 will be a blow in terms of money but this will be a huge kick up the backside to the FA and the coach, who starting NOW must call on youth if he wants to do well in 2010, that means bringing in the likes of Lennon, Walcott, Baines, Taylor, Carson, Bentley, Richards has nailed down a place for me and Neville won't be there in 3 years so keep him in. We hear the endless excuse about "they have don't international experience" (Lawro when asked about Shorey to start against Russia) well how you ment to get it if you don't play? yet Lescott played and was sh*t.

these players will NEVER be world class. its not about spoon feeding them international games in the hope they will develop faster. they need to be like micah richards or lennon and actually boss the league to an extent where people are crying for them to be played.the GK situation is a prime example of this. James is better than Robinson but because of James' age he gets overlooked. we need to stop doing that and just play the best of the best regardless of how many more international seasons they have left. if the youth are good enough they will break through instead of this lets hold their hands and guide them in attitude that people are calling for