England's World Cup was a shambles. It's been spoken about far too much since, so I'm not going to keep flogging the already heavily incapacitated horse like everyone else seems to. Instead, I'm looking at the aftermath of what may as well have been a squad holiday for England to South Africa, with a few effortless kick-arounds thrown in.

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Let's put down our rabbits feet and lucky pennies, uncross our fingers, cease mending our Arsenal voodoo dolls, and stop knocking on wood for just long enough to look at what else is going on in the Arsenal world today:

First off, the big news on Theo Walcott is that there's . . . well, no news, really.

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England boss Fabio Capello was full of praise for Wayne Rooney after the much talked about striker found his name on the scoresheet once again. Rooney's goal in the opening ten minutes gave the Three Lions an early and important lead, and they never looked back from there en route to a 3-1 victory over Switzerland.

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After netting his second international goal in the space of four days, England's greenhorn winger Adam Johnson is for all the right reasons attracting considerable attention, thus helping to drag the nation's spotlight away from his more 'scandal-mired' cohorts.

The 23-year-old replaced the injured Theo Walcott (who rolled an ankle in the build up to the opening goal) after ten minutes of England's Euro 2012 qualifier with Switzerland had elapsed last night, and duly set about stating his case for a regular starting berth with aplomb punctuating his endeavour with an opportune second-half strike.

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Michael Williams

As the final whistle in Bloemfontein signalled the end of England‘s dismal World Cup campaign, the nature of their departure from South Africa became hot topic for journalists and the public alike.

Nerves, tiredness and performance were just a handful of excuses as to why Fabio Capello and his squad failed to deliver but the lack of any young prodigies in the English game gained extra attention.

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Michael Williams

As the final whistle in Bloemfontein signalled the end of England‘s dismal World Cup campaign, the nature of their departure from South Africa became hot topic for journalists and the public alike.

Nerves, tiredness and performance were just a handful of excuses as to why Fabio Capello and his squad failed to deliver but the lack of any young prodigies in the English game gained extra attention.

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By Chris Wright

Arsenal will definitely have to do without the services of Robin Van Persie for the immediate future, and are also waiting to find out the extent of the injury Theo Walcott sustained on England duty last night.

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So Theo is the latest of our injured strikers, if you look at the first England goal carefully you can see that he is chopped down from behind as the cross comes in, he has twisted his ankle in the process. It doesn't sound too bad though, he wasn't in that much pain and apparently when talking to Fabio Capello about it he was fairly optimistic about a quick return. Click to continue reading...

England continued their perfect run in Euro 2012 qualification on Tuesday night with an impressive 3-1 win away to Switzerland. Before the match, a clash of world class club managers was touted as the main story line as Fabio Capello faced off against Ottmar Hitzfeld. Between the two, three Champions League trophies are shared, while a myriad of various domestic trophies, too many to count, are split between the two veteran managers.

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When Shaun Wright Phillips appeared as second half substitute against Switzerland, he was probably hoping that an impressive display could kick-start his club season. But things didn't go according to plan for the Manchester City winger and a below par display was topped off with a woeful cross that eluded Darren Bent and infuriated boss Fabio Capello.

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It's very easy to have a highbrow above the eyebrow opinion about the News of the World. It's England's biggest-selling newspaper, but even if you don't think it's the best, it's certainly hard not to have a cursory glance as you hover over the Sunday papers.
So, to lay to rest all our tabloid-broadsheet sectarian fears, we thought we'd dial up the News of the World's chief football correspondent Neil Ashton for the latest in our series of interviews with football journalists - even though he does support Crystal Palace. Click to continue reading...

Can anybody make up their mind? Media sources around Great Britain spent 10 months leading up to the World Cup placing Fabio Capello on pedal stall next to greats such as Bobby Charlton, Sir Alf Ramsey and Sir Bobby Robson. The way the media portrayed the brilliant Italian was such that all players, management, fans and optimists believed that England had the right man to steer England to world glory.

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European Championship 2012 qualifying and international friendlies comprise an intriguing slate of soccer on Tuesday.

Much of the focus for Euro qualifying will be on Group G, as Switzerland hosts England (2:45 ET, ESPN3.com) just days after Wayne Rooney became the latest member of the Three Lions to be involved in a sex scandal.

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Wayne Rooney has retained his starting spot in Fabio Capello's England eleven for today's match against Switzerland. The Manchester United striker has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons this week, but his closest circle insists he'll be mentally prepared for today's Euro 2012 qualifier.

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"It's not that awful. Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce?

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Fab Cap's debut Switzerland were the opponents for Fabio Capello's first game in charge of England in February 2008. Wembley saw the Italian get off to a winning start with goals from Capello favourite Jermaine Jenas (eh?) and Shaun Wright Phillips. How times change. Click to continue reading...

With the more lurid nocturnal pastimes of English footballers once again dominating the headlines, it will be a relief to see the focus shift to the pitch for what looks like England's hardest game of the Euro 2012 qualifiers.

All English eyes will of course be on Wayne Rooney, with every misplaced pass or heavy touch likely to be greeted with an analysis of his ‘state of mind'.

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There were encouraging signs for England as they swept aside a pretty dire Bulgaria side; not least the performances of Joe Hart, Wayne Rooney, Jermaine Defoe and James Milner. There were still some marked areas for improvement though, notably at the back. The clean sheet is really testimony to the ability and alertness of England's new favourite goalkeeper rather than any stout defending.

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The Chelsea Daily Drivel is a daily update of all the stories concerning our club, the rumours, the opinions and more....
So here are the Chelsea news updates on Tuesday 7th September 2010 including: A Carlo Ancelotti special today with plenty of quotes from our manager.
First this morning to Carlo Ancelotti's stance on Fabio Capello's decision to include Wayne Rooney for England tonight against Switzerland. Click to continue reading...

Bruce Arena, the former USMNT coach from 1998 to 2006, recently criticized the US Soccer chiefs for giving adequate support to the current head coach Bob Bradley. Although, the federation has extended Bradley's contract until 2014.

Despite the fans wanting to see a foreign coach and despite the fact that Jurgen Klinsmann's name was up there to be the successor of Bradley after the 2010 World Cup exit at the hands of Ghana in the Round of 16, Sunil Gulati, US Soccer president, and Bradley agreed to an extended deal last Monday.

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Euro 2012 qualifiers – Switzerland Vs England Live Online Click Here
Tuesday, 7th September 2010
Kick Off : 19:45 BST
Venue : St Jakob Park, Basle – Switzerland

This Euro 2012 qualifier match between Switzerland and England will take place at St Jakob Park on Tuesday 7th September 2010, kick-off is set for 7:45 PM.

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Fabio Capello's England squad have received a huge moral boost this afternoon after England striker Wayne Rooney travelled with the squad to Switzerland prior to Tuesday night's all important European Championship qualification match. In spite of potentially damaging allegations surrounding the Manchester United striker's private life, the England coach confirmed that England's star man would travel and play for his country against the Swiss as England seek to keep up the momentum after a promising 4 - 0 win over Bulgaria at Wembley on Friday. Click to continue reading...

Former U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena recently claimed that the U.S. Soccer Federation deserves much of the blame for the scrutiny that current national team coach Bob Bradley received in recent months for his potential dismissal from the country's post. Arena believes that the organization needed to support their current coach more then they did and he also was quite critical of the officials for interviewing former German national team coach Juergen Klinsmann while they were still dealing with Bradley.

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Fabio Capello has confirmed that Wayne Rooney will play against Switzerland tomorrow for England.

"PICTURES: Rooney In England Training" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia. Click to continue reading...

Hands up who ordered two sweaty Spanish boys? Images: Reuters, Getty Images via Daylife

It's Euro 2012 qualifiers, Kickettes! Admittedly we were taken a touch by surprise; the office diary 'system' having only just caught up the start of the new domestic season, but we've had our morning caffeine hit (or ten) and are feeling just about excitable enough to run through the results before we crash.

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So...the Wayne Rooney affair. If you've been living under a rock (or as I had been over the weekend, somewhere away from the internet), it was widely reported in the press that England's talismanic striker had indulged in some extra martial business, with a prostitute, while his wife was pregnant.

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So...the Wayne Rooney affair. If you've been living under a rock (or as I had been over the weekend, somewhere away from the internet), it was widely reported in the press that England's talismanic striker had indulged in some extra martial business, with a prostitute, while his wife was pregnant.

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England winger Adam Johnson has expressed excitement at the way he put his failure to make Fabio Capello's World Cup squad by scoring a key goal in his nation's opening Euro 2012 qualifier at home to Bulgaria on Friday night.

The 23-year old Manchester City starlet admits that upon joining from Championship outfit Middlesbrough in the winter transfer window, he carried little hope of traveling to South Africa with the Three Lions.

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In English language terms pigeon meets stilted After Rooney has allegedly acted more Wazza than England's Arise Sir Wayne, it has today emerged that Signor Capello intends to sit down with the striker and discuss whether is mind is still on the game in Basel. Sorry, so to get this straight, there will be a [. Click to continue reading...

The England football team are indeed no strangers to controversy, in particular Wayne Rooney.

Rooney 24, is without doubt the most technically gifted footballer of his generation, yet the Manchester United striker has somehow managed to form a wedge between himself and the public since his outburst during the world cup, so cheating on his wife with an average £1000 a night hooker has hardly helped burn those bridges.

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Mark Ogden of The Telegraph looks at who could have replaced Sir Alex in 2002.

The Guardian reports that Fabio Capello will assess Rooney to see if he will be mentally ready to represent England this week.

The Independent shows Nike will stand by Rooney.

Caught Offside discuss Rooney.

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Poor Frank Lampard. While the Chelsea midfielder was busy this weekend stuffing down pork pies and Mars bars (err, I mean, having a hernia operation), the England national team got off to a great start in its Euro qualifying campaign. The Three Lions seemed to thrive in his absence, leaving all of us to wonder: Have we seen the last of Lampard in an England shirt?

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Francia 0 – Belorusia 1
(Euro 2012 partido clasificatorio, Septiembre 3, 2010)
Les Bleus sufrieron aun y con la decision de correr a su entrenador y perdieron en el minuto 87 con gol de Sergey Kislyak y dejaron al nuevo entrenador galo Laurent Blanc con un panorama mas que oscuro, Domeneq ha de tener una sonrisa en su rostro.

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According to many, this will be Theo Walcott's breakthrough season. One of the best players for Arsenal against Blackpool and Blackburn, the youngster is now looking forward to making an impact in Fabio Capello's England. Speaking ... Click to continue reading...

While Jermain Defoe took the goal-scoring honours on Friday night at the other end of the pitch Joe Hart was going a long way to establishing himself as England's goalkeeper for the foreseeable future with another fine display.

Fabio Capello's decision to opt for an experienced ‘keeper at the World Cup at the expense of Hart was one of the biggest blunders he made in South Africa.

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Does anyone read Caught Offside? Yeah, me neither. Still, when I came across this little nugget, which popped up on my NewsNow feed earlier today, I just couldn't overlook it.

Should Chelsea Pair Be Punished for their ‘Injury' Inspired England Absence?

Questioning my commitment?

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Wayne Rooney will represent England against Switzerland in the midst of a media storm that is threatening to overshadow England's 4-0 demolition of Bulgaria. While most would expect Rooney to struggle under the pressure, it would be just like him to return to form with a bang and do all his talking on the pitch.

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After a successful, if occassionally indifferent 4-0 win over Bulgaria on Friday, England have won 11 successive home games. Before this game, the British tabloids were ready, knives sharpened, to cut England's manager to pieces. In his England-Bulgaria preview last week, titled ‘Fabio Capello has lost his players and now he will lose his job', The Mirror columnist Oliver Holt cites Fabio Capello's body language as proof that he has given up.

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After a successful, if occassionally indifferent 4-0 win over Bulgaria on Friday, England have won 11 successive home games. Before this game, the British tabloids were ready, knives sharpened, to cut England's manager to pieces. In his England-Bulgaria preview last week, titled ‘Fabio Capello has lost his players and now he will lose his job', The Mirror columnist Oliver Holt cites Fabio Capello's body language as proof that he has given up.

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