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USELESS, pathetic, insipid, spineless, desperate, rubbish and all those other words we are not allowed to print in the nation’s favourite newspaper.

Thrown a lifeline by Israel at the weekend, England opted for suicide led by goalkeeper Scott Carson whose howler set us on the way to Euro 2008 elimination.

FOR an England fan, it doesn’t get any worse than this. To go out fighting near the end of a major tournament is one thing. But to fail to qualify from a poor group? Even after little Israel threw us a lifeline with their heroics against Russia? England did the hard work last night, dragging themselves level after gifting Croatia two soft goals. They only had to buckle down and do a professional job of closing out the game in the last 30 minutes. It’s the job those players do every single week in the Premiership — and for which they get paid wages the rest of us can only dream of. But even that basic task was beyond a team who looked like they’d never played together before. They were out-thought and out-played by a side who didn’t even NEED to get a result. The arrogance of our inept manager is breathtaking.

	杰拉德认为英超应限制外国球员人数

利物浦队长兼英格兰主力国脚杰拉德也加入英格兰足球界呼吁对英超各队外国球员比例进行限制的行列。

此前，曼联主教练弗格森和雷丁主教练卡普尔都表态支持由国际足联主席布拉特提出的限制计划。

杰拉德在接受BBC电台采访时表示，为了保证英格兰国家队的素质，他支持限制外国球员数量。

不过问题是，如果真的对外援数量进行限制，杰拉德所在的利物浦队可能是英超受影响最大的俱乐部。

目前除了杰拉德外，利物浦一线队伍中的英格兰本土球员便只有副队长卡拉格一人。

不过杰拉德表示，如果英格兰不尽快采取措施，英超的外国球员会越来越多，这才值得担心。

他说：“我们有世界上最好的联赛比赛，这是值得骄傲的，不过最重要的该是我们也该有世界上最出色的国家队。”