We were awful, as Ack said, it's our inability to keep hold of the ball.
A couple of people on this thread have called Joe Cole "world class." He isn't. Not by a long shot. If he was, Carlo Ancelotti wouldn't be so eager to let him go. He is just a bit more skillful than the rest of the squad, and for that reason I would have him in the team as he might create something. It wouldn't make one jot of difference though. It wouldn't make the midfield put their foot on the ball and control the game. Gerrard would still try to play the killer ball with every touch. Players wouldn't be looking for the ball from their team mates whenever we were in possession. I lost count of the amount of times one of our lads had the ball but had no short options, and just had to lump it 20 yards down a blind alley hoping someone would be there to chase it down.
The other night I was massively critical of France. How can a team with such talent look so disinterested, and look so bad? Well, we are no better. In fact, we are exactly the same.