Media Watch: ‘Worst England blunder ever’ - What the press say about Robert Green after World Cup 2010 draw with United States

Goal.com UK’s round-up sieves the headlines from the matchday fallout...

By Richard Parry

The day after the night before, and many are still digesting England’s 1-1 draw with the United States in Rustenburg, and in particular, that mistake from Robert Green.

Goal.com UK takes a look at the unfortunate headline grabber, after his costly spill...




Green left red-faced by worst England blunder ever

The Sunday Mirror


Former Three Lions captain Terry Butcher offers his opinion, and in summary, he was less than impressed by the West Ham United shot-stopper...




"
Green had a simple shot to deal with – and his basic technique was found to be ­embarrassingly wanting.
"
 


SHOCK 'N' DRAW | News Of The World

"Green's howler let the Americans back into the match before half-time and cost England the three points."


But former England left-back Graeme Le Saux was quick to point out that, regardless of Green’s flop, the problems run deeper for Capello...



Robert Green is not Fabio Capello's biggest problem for England

The Telegraph

On Green...

"If he is to drop him now, he may as well send him straight home. He will certainly not play again in this tournament, and that could even be the death knell for his international career."

On the deeper issue...

"[The] Immediate concern, though, should be with eliminating the outfield problems which led to Green’s mistake. That is not to absolve him of blame, of course, but even before the United States scored, there was sufficient evidence to suggest that all was not well defensively."

Nonetheless, reports in the Mail On Sunday suggest that Rob Green will be dropped for England’s next match against Algeria...


'Shocking' | Mail On Sunday's 'keeper vedict

Calamity! Robert Green faces England axe after his howler hands Americans a draw


"...the damage has been done and his howler means either David James or Joe Hart is set to wear the gloves in England's must-win showdown with Algeria..."

Tainted Glove

The Mirror

"Calamity keeper Robert Green gifted one of the alltime blunder goals last night as the jinx of the England goalies struck yet again."

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Goal.com Poll
Poll runs from 13 Jun 2010 to 14 Jun 2010
Poll runs from 13 Jun 2010 to 14 Jun 2010
Should Capello drop Robert Green after blunder against USA?
Yes - he is not the right choice as starter
 
25.73%
No - he is still England's best keeper despite the error
 
19.46%
No - it would destroy his confidence, which isn't worth it
 
19.38%
Maybe - it depends how he performs and acts in training over the next days
 
19.22%
Yes - there is too great a risk behind playing him now after the error
 
16.21%
 
 
 
 
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We're still getting plenty of Hazard chat on Twitter. A few are now saying that he's not worth the hype, others saying he was brilliant(!?) and others (which I agree with), saying he created much of his own hype. What do you think? Get involved!
19:46 BST
Joe Hart has also been giving his thoughts after the Belgium game: "It was a really tough game, a good run out. I thought we played well, [but] we were a little bit bitty at times.

"But, we came through. Obviously there were a lot of changes so it's good to get the result.

"Belgium are a very, very strong side who are going to be really good in the future. Vincent [Kompany] told me about them and said that they were coming good and I totally agree with him."
19:38 BST
Here's Roy Hodgson's reaction to the result and some injury chat: "I'm very pleased, it's been a hard week and we've used a lot of players. There was a lot of disruption in the second-half with substitutions – some forced upon us, some we wanted to do. But it's still a very good end to the week playing against a good Belgian team here. Arguably even stronger than the Norwegian team we played last week and I've got to be more than happy that we've come out with another victory."

"[Gary] Cahill I suppose is slightly more of a concern for me because it is a jaw injury. We're desperately hoping the CT scan doesn't show any fracture and it's just going to be a bruising situation, which will be bad enough, but won't stop him taking part in the tournament. As far as John's [Terry] concerned he felt his hamstring a little bit. Again it wasn't a major thing when he came off but we still need to scan it just to be 100 per cent sure."

Suffice to say, if Cahill has broken his jaw, he won't play any part in the tournament.
19:35 BST
And another point from today: Eden Hazard wasn't great. Don't think you can judge him on one performance though. What do you think? Is it just a case of too much hype around the Chelsea-bound Belgian?
19:32 BST
We're getting plenty of people saying it was boring. PLENTY. But Spain scored seven goals in eight games at the World Cup and I didn't hear too many of their fans complaining. Or as Fran Stinchcombe points out on Twitter: "If we had lost but played free flowing attacking football would these people still have moaned?"
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