It's a lose-lose situation either way though, as far as media coverage goes.
If England do well, the media will be in a frenzy, with 1966 getting more than its fair share of mentions.

But if they crash and burn, the media will be in a frenzy, baying for Capello's blood, analysing where it all went wrong etc.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:29, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

and where it went wrong is that most of our players are a bit shit
and the ones that aren't can't play with shit players with any success.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:31, Reply)

I'm sick of people's facebook statuses detailing how they would have done everything better

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:36, Reply)

Everyone's an expert, innit

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:39, Reply)

I have no idea how it should be done
so I keep my status updates of the "oh for fucks sake" variety
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:44, Reply)