England 1 Ecuador 0

The English performance last night is unconvincing. Long balls down the middle for Rooney? Rooney is not an Inzaghi. He may be strong, penetrating and tenacious but he is surely not an opportunistic poacher like Inzaghi. Rooney runs at the defence, unsettling them, he can't wait and time for these long balls runs.

England laboured against the more dangerous Ecuador despite dominating possession.

England is certainly the most overrated team besides the overhyped and overrated USA team. Rated by the bookmakers as the number two team after Brazil, I can only suspect that they are rated so because of monetary reasons and not patriotism. According to a news report a week or two ago, the British bookmakers stand to make a lot if England were to lose, especially in the final hurdle.