When Fabio Capello agreed to become England manager last December, he may not have foreseen his honeymoon period ending quite so swiftly or in such ignominious circumstances.

The Italian's England team were booed from the field following their 2-2 draw with the Czech Republic at Wembley last night, the 69,000 not fooled by Joe Cole's injury-time equaliser, after 90 minutes of disjointed, unconvincing football. The media have not spared the Italian and his team from their wrath this morning, openly criticising Capello's tactics for the first time since he assumed control of the squad.

The Sun described the England team as 'Wasters', branding Capello as the 'Wally without a Brolly': "only the brolly was missing last night. Even so, Fabio Capello must have felt every inch the wally on the Wembley touchline."

While in the same paper, Charlie Wyett adds "Capello lost the plot, lost an ally and almost lost the game on another wretched night for English football. While Britain's brave Olympians were pulling in more medals in Beijing, Capello's millionaire footballers were pulling in the jeers."

The Daily Star's Brian Woolnough sums up the performance by saying "At least he didn't use a brolly in the pouring Wembley rain. Fabio Capello is not a wally. Not yet, although it won't be long before these England players make him feel like one."

The Daily Express describes the 2-2 draw as "an utter, depressing shambles. The England team were exposed as a disorganised rabble, bereft of ideas last night."

While in The Daily Telegraph, Harry Redknapp says,"That was one of the worst performances I have seen from an England team. What positives can you take from that? The second half was diabolical."

The Daily Mirror says "Same old shambles", adding "Capello must take responsibility. You do not have to be a genius to realise a midfield of David Beckham, Frank Lampard, Gareth Barry and Steven Gerrard on the left cannot, will not work. For £6.5 million a year we need more than a hope that everything will be all right on the night - maybe getting Wayne Rooney to play like, well, Wayne Rooney."

"Not only tempting fate, but goading it full in the face, Capello insisted Terry was not 'untouchable' after handing him the armband, a statement which the England coach no doubt regretted after 22 minutes of this friendly."