Wales just beat Norway 3-0!

Since I watch the BBC in Wales we just saw England beat Switzerland 2-1 so you will have to be regaled about a Koumas hatrick elsewhere.

Some post match thoughts on England who overall were underwhelming yet professional. Cole and Rooney flickered with promise and delivery. David James erred towards (against a defensive Swiss side) the uncalamitous. Jenas contrived to look like a proper international. Bentley looks alright in David Beckham's boots. Stuart Pearce managed to remain seated throughout, but he looked like a bag of contorted nerves. Capello has a good tailor and would make a very good pro-poker player. Unreadable that man. Cross yet warm looking. Intelligent but barbarous.

This is the sort of performance we can look forward to more often with Capello. Nothing of fireworks. And an outfit who rely on technical superiority and organisation to win through, just, but consistently. Welcome to Italy. If England keep winning, even 1-0 or 2-1, against all comers, no-one will be complaining.

The important question however is will Fabio Capello have as positive effect on the sale of thick rimmed specs as Sven Goran Erikson did for rimless ones?