Poor, disgrace, joke, embarrassment - just some of the synonyms used to describe England's performance last night.

I did not expect England to win this tournament, indeed I did not even believe they would get past the quarter finals, however I did not expect the spineless performance our nation was subjected to last night.

Nothing worked and we looked disjointed to say the least. Stars such as Gerrard and Rooney looked more like Sunday league footballers than the 'cream of the crop' of this generation. Not only were the individual performances dyer but the team's shape looked awful. The only person to walk away from last night's game with any ounce of respect was David James. Bought in after Rob Green's mistake the veteran keeper looked assured and stable.

Now a performance like that from players who are supposedly the elite, casts serious doubts in my eyes about the England manger. He seems to have lost the dressing room, and doesn't have any answers.

Well I believe dropping Rob Green in the manner that he has, has done nothing for the groups moral. It shows that mistakes can't be made and that type of fragile, terrified environment will only bring out the worst in people.

The team can do better than this, but I believe Capello doesn't hold the strength to make the decisions that are needed. Lampard, Gerrard and Barry can't play together in a four-man midfield. One of them needs to be dropped to bring back the shape to the team, or Gerrard needs to be moved up along side Rooney because having him out on the left is just a huge waste of a supreme talent.

Joe Cole must be given a chance, I personally would drop Barry because I don't think he has had a good season for Manchester City, and he doesn't bring enough to England.

The right flank is an even bigger problem in my eyes. Neither Lennon nor Wright-Phillips deserves to play there but they are the best we have. Lennon looks directionless and SWP looks lost at sea when he gets his chance. The fact that neither of those two has been able to hold that spot down and essentially retire David Beckham shows how unimpressive they are.

Heskey and Rooney havn't worked! Heskey doesn't score enough goals and thus puts even more pressure on Rooney's shoulders and that showed last night with his outburst toward the jeering fans. I'd give Defoe the opportunity because he is a goal scorer and has had a season that warrants him a starting place.

These are the immediate changes that I would make, barring the right because I think that is our weak link and we just have to persevere with aimless Lennon and lost SWP.

England will qualify for the next round, but like I've said in previous blogs they aren't going much further. I'm just waiting to see who will reveal themselves as our mandatory scapegoat for this debacle. At the moment it does look like Mr. Capello is putting his name forward, but I think it will fall at the feet of a player this time around.

Onwards and upwards is the only place England can go from here.