Surprise Surprise

-- I thought you were dead!
-- I was!

Friendlies are useless.

HOWEVER. Last night was the first time in a long, long while that I've seen England trot out on a meaningless night and

a) string several passes together

b) make Stuart Downing look semi-competent

c) have Scott Carson and John Terry team up to look foolish when Carson was NOT the starting keeper

d) Beat Germany in Germany with the 'Lion's share' of possession (man you could smell that one a mile away) and have Scotland get all the headlines the next day.

So, ideally for England's future friendlies, half the first squad should succumb to 'injury' while one of the other home nations takes on a major footballing superpower under the management of a once-interstellar but extremely controversial player. Maybe Brazil will somehow clone Garrincha in time to take on Wales in a friendly while England have a go at Maradona's Argentina.

England win, and win convincingly.