Last month Fabio Capello assured the country that England will qualify for the 2010 World Cup. Last night, however, he was left defending his team selection and their dour display as they somehow sneaked a last minute equalizer against the Czech Republic.

Who'd have thought that playing the same team that was rubbish in the 2008 qualifiers would be rubbish again? The only thing missing as the rain poured down on Wembley was the sight of Capello holding an umbrella and we could've been back in November 2007.

Harry Redknapp, working last night as a TV analyst, lambasted Capello's decision to play Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard on the left and said: "He's not a left midfielder. He has to be in the centre. We are killing Gerrard."

The England boss Fabio Capello responded well, unlike McClaren who often wimped out of press conferences, but will still have questions to ask the squad when they meet again in a few weeks.

"I'm happy for the draw because the reaction to the team to the last minute was good, was important," Capello said, as reported in The Guardian.

"And I think, also, that the first half we played with good football, good style and created a lot of chances to score goals," he added, suggesting he was watching a different game altogether.

John Terry, however, appeared less than convinced England's display as he started his second residency as captain, who said he could not understand how such top performers in the Champions League shamble around the pitch like strangers when they try and play together.

"It has been a problem for the past four or five years and it's something we need to address as quickly as possible," said Terry.

"I don't know what it is and, as a group, we are trying to put our fingers on it."

I was certain that Capello would pick Ferdinand as captain, mainly to try and move away from this ridiculous ‘Bulldog mentality' that we assume can get us through games. The fighting spirit may work in pub games but if we seriously think we can win the World Cup anytime soon by clapping our hands together and shouting "c'mon lads" then we need our heads checked.

Terry was turned so easily for the goal last night that any other manager would, under normal circumstances, consider dropping him for the next game. But the captaincy guarantees your starting place in the side.

And whoever leaked the story about Brian Barwick during the match itself is a liability to the FA. On the other hand, the news did provide some much needed entertainment as the first half petered out, so it wasn't all a PR disaster.

David Beckham is a spent force at international level. Why he played 75 minutes yesterday with Bentley waiting in the wings is beyond me. Goldenballs hardly had a kick and, with his assist to Wes Brown's goal aside, was totally anonymous.

Brown himself was selected ahead of Micah Richards; why? Why has the City defender returned to the Under 21 scene?

The same goes for Ashley Young and Gabriel Agbonlahor; why were they not involved last night?

I understand the need for substitutions and trying different things out, but the season starts right now for England.

How on Earth did we end up with that team? If it ever gets to the point where we are playing Joe Cole off Emile Heskey with Jermaine Jenas backing them up from midfield then England don't deserve to qualify. None of them are bad players but when, or more importantly why, were we testing this out?

Where next for England? Qualification, of course, should be a formality but with England you can never be certain.