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England have once again failed to live up to expectations at a major tournament. Is anyone really surprised?

I've allowed myself a full 24 hours to contemplate Sunday's defeat to Germany before I reached for my keyboard. My intention was to try and get away from the fallout from the game, which consisted of repeatedly being shown replays of English ineptitude. Unfortunately I work for a newspaper and have spent most of my time over the last fortnight helping to write the World Cup updates. Within an hour of the full time whistle I had to write a report for the paper. Then I get to work Monday morning and am asked to write an opinion piece on the game. So it wasn't until around lunchtime that I was able to get some respite from discussing how bad we are.

Now here I am again.

So, England are out of the World Cup. It's as simple as that. The Three Lions could barely conjure up a purr let alone a roar as a team of German kids outclassed them. Five of the Germans on show yesterday played in the U21s team that lifted the European Championship last year. Only one of the members of the England team they beat in the final was there yesterday; James Milner. Joe Hart missed the final and was only a squad member here.

That could be taken in two ways. You could say that it shows the depth of talent that Germany have coming through the ranks, and it does. However it also shows that England's squad of supposed World Class experience players like Lampard, Gerrard, Rooney etc were beaten by inexperienced kids, and beaten well.

It's about time we accepted that we're not as good as we think we are, even though we clearly should be. The individuals that we have are some of the best the World has to offer, but for some reason they can't do it when it matters for their country.

It's also obvious why. They just don't care anymore.

The players will tell you differently. Lampard has gone on about how insulting it is to have that accusation made towards him, so why at the final whistle was he sharing a joke with Bastian Schweinstieger and now sat on the pitch, devastated and inconsolable? You only had to look at the bench and see the reaction of David Beckham to see what someone who cares feels like when England lose.

The campaign was doomed from the 40th minute of the first game in Rustenburg when Robert Green's catastrophic error set the tone for what would turn out to be an utterly disappointing two weeks.
A dismal performance against Algeria reaffirmed the worry of the Barmy Army, but an overrated win against Slovenia gave fans a glimmer of hope. You just got that feeling that maybe they could turn it round. They were unbeaten and had conceded one goal, maybe its not all bad. That feeling didn't last long, they were embarrassing and abysmal in the manner of their defeat on Sunday.

What disappointed me more than anything was the fact that during the game I didn't feel nerves. Usually when England are playing an important game I am a nervous wreck and can barely sit still on my seat. I guzzle my beer at a rate of knots to try and calm myself. This time was different, I was oddly calm. In retrospect, I am convinced I felt this way because subconsciously I knew we'd lose. There was no point getting worked up because we'd set the tone for the tournament in the group stage, and it was a pretty negative one. The fact that our best player on Sunday night was a 39 year old who conceded four goals really speaks volumes about our national team.

David James made some excellent saves on Sunday and is probably the only man to come out of the defeat with any level of pride but he's too old now and it's time for Joe Hart to take over and make the position his own.

Glen Johnson continues to be a liability at right back. He can't defend and too often puts the team in trouble. Gets in the way of the right winger and has a lot of learning to do.

John Terry was awful on Sunday and apart from the Slovenia game he wasn't much better in the group stage. Too slow now and it was clear that without Ferdinand next to him he is no good at this level any more.

Matthew Upson scored a goal but played like a Sunday footballer. Was so far out of position for every German goal that you'd think he had an issue with John Terry and refused to stand near him! Not good enough at this level.

Ashley Cole had a decent tournament but was unnoticeable against Germany and got caught out of position far too often. One of the biggest prima donna culprits in the squad.

James Milner was class against Slovenia but ineffective in the second round. He's one for the next World Cup.

Frank Lampard was once again a useless (insert swear words). This has become a regular thing for Frank. Brilliant for Chelsea, wears his heart on his sleeve but when he throws on an England shirt he ceases to care! Seeing him laughing at the end made me feel physically sick.

Steven Gerrard was admirable in his role as captain, but is wasted out on the left. Not his fault, but still wasn't good enough. A shadow of the player he is on Merseyside.

Jermaine Defoe came in and did a job against Slovenia but was nowhere to be seen in this one. I don't think you can class him as a non-carer though. I think he's one of the few whose proud to be there.

Wayne Rooney was simply dreadful all tournament. I get the feeling he was still carrying an injury because he looked so far off the pace. This was meant to be the tournament that defined his career, instead he was largely anonymous and wasteful. The team needs to be built to suit him at the next World Cup.

Fabio Capello showed in qualifying that he is a fantastic manager who could get the best out of his players. Unfortunately he showed he has no idea how to manage a team in tournament mode. He was unwilling to admit defeat and change his tactics and ultimately it cost England. I am Heskey's biggest fan, but why he brought him on for Defoe when we needed goals beggars belief.

As always England limp out of a tournament trying to blame everyone except themselves and wondering what if. What if Landon Donovan hadn't scored in the last minute of USA versus Algeria? What if we'd topped the group and played Ghana to set up a quarter final clash with Uruguay? What if Lampard's goal had rightly stood?

Unfortunately the really question is "what if England were actually any good?"

The only way things are going to improve is if we stop ignoring the fact that the FA too often ignores the national team. More needs to be done to improve the youth system to ensure a bright future for the English game. While we're at it, lets stop paying them obscene money to kick a ball around. It's the reason they don't care anymore, because they don't need to. At the moment, they think that as long as they play well for the club that pays them, they don't need to worry about anything else.

Oh and one more thing "We've had a long season and we're tired, we need a mid season break. These players are at peak physical fitness. England's squad played an average of 60 games last year, that's 90 hours of football over a period of eight months. There are 2916 hours in eight months. So they play football for 3% of their time in that period.

You're tired? Pull the other one. Just accept the fact you're not the players you think you are and that you didn't give this tournament your all. Admit that much and then maybe we can start fresh.

Failing that, we could just make Gazza the manager....it worked for Argentina.

By Andy Gray

You can find Andy's blog at http://andygrayjnr.blogspot.com/