Penalty Heartbreak, again.

So it turns out the Sven didn;t have a big plan up his sleeve. He wasn't lulling England's future opponent's into a false sense of security by playing shite for four matches. No, England really were that bad. They weren't just dicking about.

And again, despite all out passion and drive in the match against Portugal, we couldn't get just one goal to see us through. It didn't help when Rooney got sent off. Taking just four strikers (one youngster, two injured and a robot) was always going to be a big gamble, and it was one that didn't pay off. Maybe if the midfield was more on target, it would have been different. And what if they'd practised a few more penalties?

So, onto the semis. Germany v Italy, Protugal v France. I hope they're decent matches. Some lovely football would do wonders to take the sting out of England's exit.