Euros Begin

So the Euro's kick off with a whimper from the first draw to the bang of Russia and Schevchenko doing for Ukraine what I so wished he'd done more often when he wore a Chelsea shirt. England however have surprised me. Not so much in the lower level of expectation for it is correct but in the way Hodgson in my opinion handled the situation so far. I was as a fan frankly angered by Rio Ferdinand's 'agent' coming out publicly, so obviously mouthpiecing for Rio who didn't dare incase the fans ranked against him. Rio for me has been one of England's talents, ranking alongside, Steve Bruce, Dave Watson maybe even Graham Roberts but not quite reaching the world class of Ashley Cole, Tony Adams or the magnificient Bobby Moore. He always seemed to not quite be utterley safe and his ailing back is also a problem so good on Hodgson for telling it straight. He had cover, didn't need Rio but wanted to do what every Englishman said the F.A. should do after the World Cup fiasco and picked a young new talent. His decision also to give Gerrard in his autumnal years the armband and putting Terry in his box on it was the right thing to do. I've long been an admirer of a midfield captain though I understand why it more often than not is the central defender. The game itself played out well. Milner proved why he is not really a 'first name on the sheet' player with that miss that was so bad and could cost us games if he carries on performing under par. Young showed again promise but I think he needs to shrug off his tendency to fall rather than fight on and overall, yes France had more possession but once we did what we could do and ignored French style of play we showed more than enough talent to beat them .... on another day. I genuinely believe with England it is all down to confidence and the players we have coming through if they can ignore most of the seniors advice and take only the parts that don't affect their own game can do well. Yes John Terry spends his game demanding a ball to him but miss him out and pass it forward, by forward I don´t mean hoof it either I mean pass it for no matter what these pundits say, our footballers can pass a ball when they have to. If they can't then Roy knows what training they need to brush up on. Finally Rooney sat on the bench, who cares what he looked like it's all about what he was. A spoilt brat that lessened our chances against France by his stupid childish behaviour, the same behaviour that has his wife in tears everytime he wants another fondle of a granny for a few quid. Grow up man you earn a fortune luckily enough doing something most of us would dream about and most of us would be glad we are there not so self centred that we'd risk a nations dreams cos we are too big for our boots. Roll on Sweden and if Defoe, Young, Carroll and anyone up front is doing well can I suggest Rooney goes on the subs bench every game until we think he deserves a chance to prove himself again.