Sven ruined any chance we had of winning it, Lampard was utter shite all tournament and got worse the bigger the game, how could he let him take a pen? It was obvious he wouldn't score, though Gerrard's penalty was even worse, terrible in fact, I expected better from him, though he didn't look confident. I can't beleive Ricardo got away with his shit for Carraghers penalty though, what utter bollocks saying he wasn't ready, it was pure gamemanship and the ref was pathetic, letting him get away with it.

Everytime the Portuguese told him to jump he said how high. I think we're too honest, the ref's are supposed to be clamping down on diving, but I don't think one card's been produced for it has it? I'm not surprised Henry seems to have taken the attitude nice guys finish last, if the refs don't stamp these things out they make it part of the game. Which is a shame...

Beckham and Lampard were our worst players I think, though Beckham got a goal at least and is our best set piece taker. Lennon was a breath of fresh air with his pace, though their was little end product and he should have buried his chance. The Portuguese were scared of him at first, must have been a shock to the system after the pedestrian Beckham! Though they soon seemed to get to grips with him.

I'm not totally convinced he's good enough at the highest level, to be our first choice, but he's probably the best we've got as a winger, though Beckham's probably a bit more useful with his set pieces... Lampard though, he might do well for us in qualifying, but he really hasn't got the mentality for the finals it seems, I'm not sure he was worth taking, nevermind playing, to think he's had the most shots and coulsn't even find the back of the net from two attempts from the spot.

Mind you, it's Sven I blame for the pathetic spot kicks, it was obvious Lampard wouldn't score, he should have picked the players with the right mentality, the big game players who actually played well. Ashley Cole is a great penalty taker, dunno if he was 5th, but it shouldn't have been too hard to out do Portugal who weren't great from the spot, I reckon Terry and maybe Rio would have scored.

And considering Sven said Walcott was doing well in training it was ridiculous taking him then not having the balls to play him and we should have taken more strikers considering 2 were coming back from injury and Walcott's a bit of an unknown quantity. Hargreaves proved his critics wrong though, he was probably our best player and showed some nice changes of pace to beat players, he should be in ahead of Lampard and play 4-4-2...