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"England 1 - 3 Australia"

Well, this is a result that speaks volumes. England have looked mediovre in their last two competitive games, and now in a meaningless friendly, the first choice 11 were made to look like a lower division outfit by a team they should have beaten comfortably.

Sure, they had a goal disallowed, but they gave the ball away too often, didn't defend well, and were almost inept at trying to get past the Socceroos stubborn defence.

So poor were they that a bunch of previously uncapped wannabes made a far superior performance.

Pathetic.

an old topic i know, but i thought i'd add a line or two. England blow hot and cold, we beat germany 5-1 in munich, then squeezed a lucky draw out of greece. Australia is full of premiership players, at long last they are our equals in football, though the result went their way. It's not an embarrasing result, just a bad one

I do not see why everyone thinks Rooney played great. I think that when he had the ball he was greedy.

I do not think that he should have been picked because he has not even played in Englan Under 21's yet, let alone the England first team.

If you do play in the England Under 21's like Francis Jeffers and Jermaine Jenas when they get into the England first team they will play well together, like they did for Englands only goal.