Fab: We fear nobody

Life is Fabio.

Fabio Capello has declared that his England players are now the most confident he’s seen them.

Uh oh. That sounds like tempting fate if ever we heard it.

‘I hope with the Croatia result we have finally knocked the monkey off our back,’ announced Fabio. ‘They need to play with confidence. The confidence I see them playing with for their clubs.

‘But also they need to play every game as if it is their last. Victory in Croatia was important because we had lost the English spirit, our aggressiveness, the boldness and our confidence.’

Now though, with Walcott on fire, Fabio reckons it’s all good.

Or, as we tend to cynically look at it, all downhill from here.

Still, Fabio seems to be anticipating a goalfest against Kazakhstan and has been experimenting with a 4-3-3 formation, with Wayne Rooney, Emile Heskey and Walcott upfront.

Lots of goals would be good. First of all, it’s better TV. Secondly, it means it won’t matter as much that the coach is expected to replace John Terry with Joleon Lescott.

OK Theo. If that happens, just keep the ball in their half.

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