Footienotes

[Seafront Plodder]

I must confess to liking the style with which Engerland tried to play in the first half. You could see the Capello influence, and it made a refreshing change to see the team doing something other than hoof the ball 50 yards upfield to a non-existent Rooney.

And wasn't it just a game of two halves Brian? I still think though that the (completely) different way we played in second half was with the manager's approval. Was Owen actually on the pitch though?

Hopefully we can all stop talking/ hearing/ reading about Mr B now that he's got his Golden Boots. Flatly refusing to swap shirts with William Gallas at the finish was a nice touch.

And Sweder that's hardly fair. His shirt was specially inscribed for him with (IIRC) "100th Cap" on the front, along with the opposition and date. You can't blame him for wanting to keep that one to show the grandkids?