These five things I know are true - England special

Week four of this weekly column but there were no Premiership games this weekend so we are having two editions. Here is five things I know about the England team after Saturday's 2-0 win against Andorra in Barcelona.

I know that England coach Fabio Capello cannot of been impressed with what he saw on Saturday. I know Andorra aren't as bad as they were 20 or 30 years ago but going into the interval level and scoring less than a Steve McClaren team is pretty disappointing to be blunt. Joe Cole saved his butt with two goals off the bench but this team look distinctly incapable of breaking down a resolute defence and even less likely to put on a show for the paying fans.

I know that it was extremely funny how the England fans were chanting 'We Hate Setanta' and that Jon Champion didn't directly comment on. Top stuff...

I know that England will not win in Croatia even if they play twice as well as they did on Saturday. Croatia are without a couple of star names in Eduardo and Krancjar but they are still a talented bunch of players. England are good enough to get a result but the decision to leave Michael Owen at home has really forced the coach into a corner. If he wins then he is a genius but defeat and you can bet the headlines won't be pretty and that Michael Owen's names will be written more often than any other in the pieces in Thursday's newspapers.

I know that Wayne Rooney hasn't done it for England in a long long long time. For a player with so much quality, his performances for England haven't been good enough since Euro 2004. In all honesty he shouldn't be sure of his place in the XI.

And finally...

I know that if Stuart Downing can't do a thing against Andorra then surely no-one can put a sane argument together saying that he is an international calibre footballer.