Ol' SWP played a shocker when he came on, and Lampard made some very basic mistakes. Plus we were far too happy to coast once we went 1-0 up, when the USA were on the back foot, and then struggled against a much tighter (and surprisingly violent!) USA defense after the equaliser.

England also played far too narrow. Any pass from the centre to Lennon generally came much later than it should have done, generally when he had two players marking him, which meant that most of our width on the right hand side came from Johnson bringing the ball up from the back.

Heskey was much much better than expected, but you can't help feeling that Rooney should be much further up the pitch instead.

That said, I'm not nearly as worried about the team as I was prior to the match. I thought we'd play badly but still finish top of the group. Instead we played mostly okay, and sometimes very well, and...well, I still think we'll finish top, albeit without 9 points.

It should also be said that the USA played to their strengths, and it stood them in damned good stead. I hope they do well.