England is a highly talented group of strangers, their primary concern being keeping their first team places in their respective clubs. Sure they want to play for England but they simply don't want to risk unnnecessary injury or fatigue in a game that not part of a wider competition, especially with big club fixtures approaching. Until the FA get their act together and start reducing the number of domestic games teams have to play, this problem will continue.

Support england!!!!

If players don't want to play for England then they should say so: I quit playing internationals, and Mr Capello please do not pick me in future as want to concentrate my career at club level.

Friendlies do matter. Firstly, it gives continuity to the team, gives an opportunity for players such as Gerrard and Lampard to learn to play together. Secondly gives the manager an assessment of players and system and to try new players and system. Lastly but most important the FIFA ranking are affected, the more games you win the better seeding you have when it comes to competition. I'm sick of seeing England loosing to lesser teams because because English Superstars could play as a TEAM.

Fabio Capello 100% correct in second guessing Liverpool and Chelsea. Funny how the only managers that complaining about Friendlies are not English: O'neill, Wenger, Benitez, and Ferguson

Many regulars injured Coincidental? Shameful

Es muss sehr traurig ein Englaender zu sein an den abend vor die Englische Pub XI die Deutsche Fussball manschaft spielen, so total hofnungs loss zu sein kann ich kaum fasssen :-)

Give them all lie detector tests and anal probes to see what they are hiding.
Get Capello bent over,it will be good preparation,for what is going to happen to him,when he starts losing.

Why don't they det Lampard to have an independant medical to see if Chelsea are lying also ?

I hate the English fottball team and all the hype,the manager's,the losers,the whinging,the under-performing,the repetetiveness of it all,the nausea,the rhetoric,the boring nature of it,people like Steve Mclaren,the juvenile press,the opinionated fans,the arrogance,
puke....vomit.....be rid of it.

it's always a great game whoever wins, personally I will be supporting germany as well .. I am half german. Both coaches should use this match to throw the younger players in at the deep end whilst obviously trying to win lol so in a way either team could win but both teams will come out on top for giving the next generation a game and helping them chose the players for the remaining qualifiers

I think I'll stop supporting English teams after all this debacle. Club Teams are English in name only, so not supporting England is absolutely rtidiculous for an English person and, as for the players it is criminal of them to sham injuries so as to get out from playing for the national team. Shame, shame and more shame

lets not crumble about the germany v england match its only a friendly so a good time to use the younger inexperienced players who have something to prove never know they could spring a suprise and beat germany. and stop taken pops at lampard and gerrard they were sent back to there clubs for treatment so hopefully be fit enough for there clubs at weekend that is not a bad thing its a good thing as it gives scott parker a chance to show his talent on the big stage as all the other players that have been called up to cover for the other injured players who could also be fit to play for there clubs at the weekend so its not just lampard and gerrard

Funny

GERMANY ALL THE WAY AROUND!!!! see not everyone in the world would support the german clubs.(but i still do) but loots of ppl love the german national team(like me)... becuz the way they show love 2 der national team is just great ... in euro 2008 ballack way playin wif a broken head .. so wer the other playerz ...

i think capello-san must use the energy from THEO WALCOTT...
viva La ARSENAL...!!!!

i think its time to call Neville back!?!!

i think it will be adraw b'cause both team are equally strong............

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Why play for england when the best chance of glory for the english comes with club trophies? fact is that both players and fans now care more about club success that national victory. Don't blame the players; blame the increasing pressure of club owners and fans for the english big 4 to be successful on the international stage. Don't players have enough to do competing in 4 club tournaments? The English can't have everything. Fans should choose: club or country. can't do them both!