Paul Robinson's Freak

England crashed to a 2-0 defeat last night in Zagreb, to a team run by Slaven Bilic!

Steve McClaren's honeymoon (and some say, career) is definitely over. The manner of the defeat was most disappointing, starting with a 3-5-2 formation. 3 at the back, against the most difficult team in the group, away from home. Lunacy.

Anyway, when quizzed about the formations in his interview after the game, tactical mastermind Slaven Bilic said "formations are dead, it is just about the players in the team running about". Hmmmmmmmm. Superb insight.

Finally, Paul Robinson, after having a superb first hour, will become the fall-guy for this one. The second goal was a comical bobble over his foot in what should have been a very simple clearance from a backpass. It missed his foot, in what looked like a fresh-air shot, and rolled straight in.

When interviewed, he said it was "a total freak, these things happen, it was just a freak". His mind must have been playing tricks on him. It was definitely Gary Neville that played the backpass, not Peter Crouch...