Haha! 2-1 already, great build up play involving Rooney and Gerrard leaves an easy tap in for SWP.

Swiss RB is having a nightmare. Totally amateur defending. Both England goals have been too easy down there. Where's Degen?

Good start for Capello and England. But lots and lots and lots of work to do. They still looked poor. (only got to catch the last 15 minutes)

Hey, plenty of time until the World Cup. Capello might die of old age between now and then.

I dunno... I heard he takes his cod liver oil tablets etc...

Gerrard got the Man of the Match.

Surprised there was no Owen to be honest...I think Bentley had a terrific game. I can see him cementing his place in the 1st team.

Sigh, the team has a lot of work to do before they take on the French.

i thought bentley was average but thats my opinion. joe cole was motm for me by far. Rooney looked hungry but that first half was hard to stomach. i think before there next game is it france? they will need to work on set pieces. other than that good start for fabio

every england 'fan' who was at the game should be banned and named for booing after 30 minutes and singing beckhams name.

england fans make me sick

I watched most of this game but was also tracking the Ireland v Brazil match. But from what I could see, I didn’t see Bentley do much either. He got a few balls into the box but he also had a lot of his crosses blocked. He wasn’t involved with any of the goals and, unless I missed some of his best moves, I don’t recall a goal scoring chance he made. Alan Hansen saying that the big plus of the night was Bentley’s performance was way over the top.

Rooney played well, as did Joe Cole. Jenas scored and nearly got another, but for me this wasn’t about individual performances. This was about seeing England develop as a team, as a unit. In that respect, we should take plenty of heart. There were many flaws but that’s what you would want at this early stage. You need the areas for improvement to be highlighted now so you can work on them when the crunch time comes. Defensively we were pretty sound, but the goal was sloppy by Rio’s standards. He was caught flat footed tracking the striker’s run and by the time he got there the ball hit the back of the net. David James was lucky right at the end flapping at that cross but overall we defended solidly.

Not a great game by any means but a sound performance.

shaq2wade i agree, i really wasn't impressed with Bently and have seen him play alot better. Didn't really see any good proformances out there. James did ok until his customry flap from a corner. Ashley cole was poor and Wes brown was shocking. For fergie to say Brown is the best natural Englishg defender is a joke. Glad to see Young out there.Can't wait for John Terry and Lamps to come back

hahahaha..

well.. it's not a promising start.. i thought we'd have played superb and won easily.. T.T
but at least we didn't come up with a draw and maybe the team needs some more fixing.. T.T

Apparently, word is Capello has been the most impressed with Joe Cole.

thats not really suprising.

ive been saying that for years

Me and my Dad went and it was really good - first time inside Wembley - really good stadium.

Stevie G should never have got MOTM - that should have gone to Gareth Barry or Waz. Cashley Cole and Wes Brown had shockers, and Joe Cole played well. Was very impressed with Ashley Young when he came on as well.

Yes we did boo after 30 minutes, but I'm not sure if it was caught on telly what had actually happened. Something was said by the Swiss PA woman, and the Swiss fans went mad, and every time Ashley Cole or Jenas got the ball, they booed. So all the England fans started to boo the Swiss fans, and then every time Cashley made a mistake, he was booed by us as well (seeing as he did nothing good it seemed it was every time he got the ball)

Good game though. Oh, and who was it that said 2-1 England...

Something tells me Lamps is gonna have to fight for his place, I doubt he'll be thrown in the mix of things right away.

I think Terry might have to as well...

I can't see Lampard getting in to be honest. It'd take Gerrard to have some real shockers, but after his nerves settled (by the second half) he did do quite well. Was instrumental in both goals.

Terry will probably make his way back alongside someone. Perhaps Upson, or Lescott, or Wes Brown - maybe Ledley King too. Could even recall Carragher.