England's opening World Cup draw with Austria has posed a whole host of questions about coach Sven-Goran Eriksson and captain David Beckham - and they had better find some fast answers in Katowice on Wednesday.
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What I want first of all is some honesty from the top of the Football Association, Eriksson and the players themselves.
I can't agree with them when they say that their first-half display in Vienna was good. Sorry - it was distinctly average against one of the worst international sides I have ever seen.
And yet we hear about how well they played. There is more spin coming out of Soho Square than 10 Downing Street at the moment.
It is time that Eriksson came out and said the players just didn't do it and the players should do the same.
The English public deserve some honesty.
And at the moment, they can justifiably ask if the players really care if they are not being honest with themselves.
This is the same public that buys their products and pays their wages through buying tickets, so they deserve at least that.
I've been there with England and had those poor games. I just held my hands up and said I had to work even harder and I want these players to do the same.
There has been criticism of Beckham and I think he is now the closest he has ever been to playing himself out of the team.
If it wasn't Beckham wearing that number seven shirt and playing like that, a lot of people would be saying what a wretched match he had and should be dropped.
Ask yourself this question. When did Beckham last have a really great game for England?
Against Greece almost three years ago is the answer.
He has done bits and pieces with set-pieces and corners and a couple of goals but he hasn't produced consistently.
You can't keep playing players if they don't do the business for England - but Beckham seems to be the exception.
Michael Owen falls into this category but I actually thought he played well in Vienna, showing particularly good movement.
Beckham won't like it but the harsh fact is that if you play for England you have to do the business.
He has existed on the pitch and contributed here and there, but if he is a truly world-class player you have to be looking for more.
Beckham looks like he doesn't want to play wide right any more, and keeps drifting in exposing the right flank. He needs to be told to provide width.
If he does come inside, he needs to do it with the ball, spraying passes and occupying the opposition, not exposing the team down one side.
He needs to produce in Poland and I think he will get the chance because Eriksson will not drop him.
Such a decision may have a demoralising effect on England, as well as lifting Poland.
Beckham was promoted quickly in terms of adulation and praise but there is a flip-side that means criticism has got to come thick and fast, which it will when he has these poor games and a poor run of form.
Eriksson's situation is just as pressurised.
He is at the worst stage of his England career when it comes to public support. It seems there are quite a few knives out for him at the moment.
The heat will really go up a notch if they lose in Poland - but hopefully it won't come to that and we'll win.
Goalkeeper David James will also be in the firing line after his mistake in Vienna but I would play him. The best way to recover is to get back out there and what if Paul Robinson is brought in and he makes a mistake?
So I would stick with James and hope he doesn't suffer again.
What I do know is that it will be a very difficult night. I played in Poland and it's tough and hostile and they will have a spring in their step after beating Northern Ireland.
But England will certainly have to be better than they were in Austria.
I said at half-time that it was a game England now needed to go on and win 3-0 or 4-0, especially as they already knew Poland's result.
Sadly, it didn't work out like that and a side that didn't create a decent chance got a draw out of England.
England didn't play any fluid attacking football and once again they lost a lead. They simply didn't see the job out and that's not good enough.
It is about being professional and, ultimately, they didn't get the job done against a very poor side. With all due respect to Austria, it should have been like playing a lower division team in the cup.
You could liken it to a bullfight, where the matador is toying with a badly wounded bull and suddenly the matador is gored when he drops his guard.
England and Eriksson must now hope those wounds do not prove to be fatal in Katowice.
MMIX
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