International Break

With the Sky Blues enjoying a week off, how enjoyable it was to see an England team, put on such a spirited and committed performance, as they did against Croatia last night.
The sight of the croat's attempting to cajole the referee at every turn, and diving as if shot by a hidden sniper whenever an english player went near them, whilst attempting to stop young "theo Walcott" with any means open to them, showed a complete disregard for any thought of fair play, and proved that they could not handle an England team, clearly a match for them in every department.
Let's not forget, that was their first ever home defeat in a qualifier, adds to the kudos of a seemingly (if you believe the papers) at-odds england side. With some of the "red tops" already looking for a derogatory nickname for the manager, almost as if they were willing him to fail.
Well fail they did not, in fact so refreshing was the passing and movement; it almost made you forget about the stuttering performance against Andorra at the weekend.
And what was the key to this turnaround? In my opinion it had a lot to do with the recall of emile heskey. He will never score enough goals to allow himself to be compared with the likes of shearer or lineker, but he has the ability to hold the ball up and bring other players into the game. An ideal foil for wayne rooney and joe cole.
I know theo will get all the plaudits for his hat-trick, and deservedly so, but when was the last time an england manager decided to leave michael owen out of the squad and start heskey up front on his own, giving rooney the freedom to dictate the game from a deeper position, from where he found acre's of space to control proceedings.
I have a feeling that mr capello is very much his own man, with his own idea's, and he will not be persuaded by any pressure from the media, who to play when or where.
The King is dead, long live the King!