Swiss stROLL

back on the road after the disappointments of the summer and a visit to the picturesque (?) rainy city of Basle ( or Basil as our Jet2 trolley dolly called it ) .The atmosphere around the city seemed pretty low key until about 1 - 1.1/2 hours before the kick off but the game was never going to have an edge.

a visibly older looking crowd were then treated to the best 1st half of football from England probably since the Croatia away win way back , the only downsides were the injury to Theo in the build up to the overdue goal from the media shy Mr Rooney and the fact we only went in one nil up.

the second half started with us on the back foot for 15-20 minutes but with us still creating chances on the break but a flurry of action with a sending off , another well taken goal from the impressive Adam Johnson and a screamer from their hobbit like no23 meant we were in for a good last 15 minutes .

For once England took control of the game and killed the game off with a late Bent goal followed by a few minutes of keep ball.

A good solid performance with Gerrard back to his best , Rooney keeping up Fridays form , Cole outstanding bombing down the wing and Johnson sparkling with some old fashioned tricky wing play ... these were my stand outs but everyone can come away with their heads held high after 2 good team performances..... oh and by the way can someone tell Hart i have high blood pressure and him playing chicken with onrushing centre forwards does nothing to help this !!!!