I have to admit, I am a very nervous England supporter this evening. Since Capello has taken over the team, I’ve found myself no longer disenfranchised with the national side…until the World Cup began.I don’t fully agree with his team selection, and I don’t believe that his handling of the squad in preparation for the tournament and indeed for individual matches warrants much praise.

However, he can redeem himself in my eyes and the eyes of many more England fans if he makes bold team selection and tactical decisions ahead of the first whistle in our game against Slovenia tomorrow.

In my opinion, he has no choice but to either play an attacking 4-3-3 with Rooney in the middle flanked by the likes of Joe Cole and Aaron Lennon, or go for a more pressing 4-5-1 packing the midfield and pushing Gerrard foward into the slot to support him.

If we go out onto that pitch with Rooney and Heskey up front in the same 4-4-2 we’ve deployed against the USA and Algeria, I will quite possibly cry tears of fustration.

The budget was announced today. The iPhone 4 officially releases on Thursday; but the biggest story of this week, month and perhaps even the year is going to be whether Capello and his band of merry bored men progress to the knock-out stages as last-minute heroes, or complete and utter total frakk-ups.

Work closes at 1.30pm tomorrow so we can all go and watch the match. I’m lucky that I’ve got work coming out of every orifice as I’ll need every distraction possible to keep my mind off the fact that we could be out by 5:00pm tomorrow afternoon.

I’m tempted to have a flutter at the bookies, but I’m ashamed to say I might be having a bet on Slovenia if the odds are good enough.