And once again England show why it is so difficult to be a fan. A great first half, nice passing, good attacking and I really thought it would end up 2-0 or 3-0. But of course its England and it has to be hard or its not worth doing. A terrible second half performance and the second Swedish goal was an absolute disgrace in the England defence. When England went 2-1 up you could just tell it wasn’t going to last; I think few other teams have that trait.

On the plus side it is encouraging that we played 45 minutes of good football, which is more than the previous two games. If we can maybe play 60 minutes next game perhaps we will beat Ecuador and then in the following match 75 minutes…. by the final we’ll be a good team. Not sure my poor heart will be able to take it though.

MEMO to England: Watch, review, learn.

I really don’t get it. If this had been Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Man Utd. etc the game would have been an easy 4 or 5-0, sit back, relax and watch them take control. But it’s England and therefore it has to be difficult - maybe there is greater glory in winning by fighting? I’d never heard of Aaron Lennon before but I think he was most instrumental in turning up the heat in the second half. The scoreline was flattering to England but a win is a win. I’m worried about how well we will do against either Germany or Ecuador but perhaps by then England will have found their form.

Spain have a reputation for choking on the international stage, not so today. They put on a great display of good football for the entire 90 minutes, even when 3-0 up they kept attacking right to the very end. A great game, and on this showing, a serious contender for top honours has emerged.

Well, one of them anyway… brash consumerism. When I was a kid, heck when I was a salary-earning adult, Dad got a tie for Father’s day, or maybe a tape or CD that he liked. So wtf do I see ads on TV telling me to buy Dad a plasma TV, or a $500 camera?? Kids are being told that they don’t really love their dad if they buy him a cheap shirt?? What a crock.

Oh, anothing that sucks about the USA? Their football team heh heh.