TheGame Blog asked readers: What is wrong with England?
Below is a selection of your wisest, wittiest and silliest diagnoses.

“Let’s put this to bed once and for all. England are no way near as good as they think are . . . Our overtly physical culture is our downfall – any skilful child in this country gets lumps kicked out of him with no protection from refs.” Dylan

“The same old players are clearly lacking and have been for some time. The back four, apart from Cole, is bereft of pace.” Bob Bobbins

“Time to write-off the serial floppers once and for all and start with some untested talent – they can’t do any worse.” Natarajan

“The midfield is just not performing. It isn’t mixing with our forwards.” James P

“The system was fine. The problem was that too many key players went missing in action. Gerrard, Joe Cole? Where were they?” Scud in Maidstone

“Very few England players have many club-mates in the international squad and the more changes that are made to the squad further dilute any mutual understanding.” Gordon

“My only hope was that the half-time substitutions were made so that Capello could permanently write off those players as internationals.” Manchesterben

“I am not a Man Utd supporter, but I think Capello should pick as many of their players as possible, because they are good and know how to play together.” Jan

“England fans have the national team we deserve. We have a league that is loaded with foreigners.” Chris

“Nothing is wrong, really. Only the expectations. You beat the Swiss and lost to France. You are in the middle. Roughly the level of Sweden.” Roland Larsson

“One defeat and already everybody thinks that England is still the same spoilt billionaire team that failed to qualify for Euro 2008.” Hans David

“Capello is showing the early signs of Bertie Vogts disease – the players resent him after the comfort of McClaren.” Linda Stewart

“To play any game at the highest level you need intellect. Listen to English footballers being interviewed and compare them with most foreign players, who are speaking in a second language.” Steve

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