Capello

So, the Team England suits have given Capello a stay of execution. Interesting.

The pros to the decision are obvious -

£6m a year = £12m payoff,

they wouldn't be able to replace him with anyone with as good a CV - Woy's gone to Liverpool, Dave Redknapp's in far and away the biggest job of his career now, not got the track record of Capello, and the tabloids seem to have forgotten Big Sam's dreadful record at Newcastle (either way, he's not an international manager, is he?).

The cons - a poor World Cup.

Okay, so losing to the only decent team in the World Cup is not bad, at whatever stage of the competition it's at. Germany, for all their lack of big time, big name players, are the only good TEAM I've seen at the World Cup. England's formation was all set around accommodating the stars - Lampard and Gerrard - into an unbalanced midfield. Germany lost their star - Ballack - and have reaped the benefit of letting Oezil and Schweinsteiger free.

To have any hope of any glory, England need to focus on youth. There were good youngsters in the squad - Milner, Johnson, Dawson, Hart - and more outwith, albeit underperforming - Walcott, Johnson, Young, Agbonlahor, Taylor, the Everton boys, and Micah Richards, who seriously needs to move.

If Capello doesn't ditch the old guard, then he deserves to go.