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what's the octopus predicting against Argentina?
I haven't heard yet - he'll presumably won't make a prediction until Thursday or Friday. But of course in terms of his psychic ability this time he'll be having to compete with the hand of God which could make his prediction less reliable   In case anyone thinks that Paul was biased, apparently he was born in England.
El Loro
Although no doubt in the next few days Capello will be forced out, I think that until it is accepted that England's concentration on club football rather than on country football is realised then England, regardless of which manager is in charge, is not able to reach the peaks of individual players.

This is Graham Talyor's comments on Radio 5:

"Lampard's was a goal, it would have made it 2-2 and who knows how the game would have transpired but that is not the point. We have lost 4-1 and been easily beaten.

We won the World Cup in 1966 but since then we have learned nothing from victory. All of the other countries we see them coming on and see how they play and they are miles ahead of us at international level.

I look at the centre at Burton and the things we should put in place to ensure the international team is a priority and to develop players and these are so, so important. I would say we have lost our way, but it's not as though we have ever had it.

The authority of the Football Association has almost totally gone and it is a club situation we are looking at now. I learned from the failure I had as England manager that if we keep trying to play 4-4-2 we are never going to win the World Cup.

You need the FA to reassert its authority because they are in charge of the international team. As we have gone on since the formation of the Premier League the power of the FA has gone away more and more. The club power within our game is much higher. [FA Director of Football Development] Trevor Brooking has come up with some good ideas but he has no chance."

El Loro
There will be no snap decision on Capello's position - there will be a 2 week time to let the dust settle and for a calm decision to be made.

Capello is putting England's performance down to the players being tired after their long season. He wants there to be a winter break in English club football, but says that the calendar is not down to him.

The conference has now ended.
El Loro

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