Big Phil took "portugese legend" Figo off (for what would have been a linekeresque end to an international career until postiga intevened) - This showed big big balls & proved to be be the right decision with postiga getting the equaliser.
SVG persisted with certain players like Beckham when he should have been taken for his poor displays & it end up costing the english big time.
Also, on another front, as being from ireland i watched the games on our national tv station, which to me, has the best pundits around (i include bbc, utv & sky in that) They have it, that the english team did "pre-season training" in the build up for these championships, which included a 7 mile run with weighted backpacks less than a week before the french game-dunno if its true or not....might explain why they all looked extremely unfit (cept cole/rooney)
