Anybody who’s honest about that state of English Football on an international front will admit that the current crop of stars stand very little chance of success in the upcoming European Championships. The current “golden generation” of footballers performed pretty poorly against what is really only an average Montenegro side last night. I know there’s an argument that Montenegro set out a dogged defensive stall that was difficult to break down, but the fact that the current England squad is very much the same as that of the recent failed World Cup squad worries me.

I’m not expecting wholesale changes straight away – you can’t ditch 20 odd players and start from scratch but I have to say that the future of English football looks very worrying. Besides the emerging talent of Adam Johnson of Manchester City, I think we’ve got very little in terms of new top class talent to offer. England should qualify for the finals, but again, it’ll be Spain, Holland and Germany who succeed before the “golden generation” retires for good.

It has been confirmed. After a 12 minute meeting with Fabio Capello, John Terry has been axed as England Captain. Revelations about is affair with Vanessa Perroncel have hit every news bulletin over the past week and Capello has decided that it is best for England to releave Terry from his duties.

You’ve probably heard all the jokes over the past week:

JOKE: “Sorry to ruin your day mate, but I’ve just driven past your house and John Terry’s car is parked outside”

JOKE: “Fabio Capello phones up Wayne Bridge and say’s…Wayne, I need your help. John Terry seems to have lost his captain’s armband. Could you do me a favour and look under your bed for me?”!!!

Rio Ferdinand is set to take over as new captain with Steven Gerrard as vice captain.

England manager Fabio Capello is due back in London today for showdown talks with current England captain John Terry. Terry, the serial womaniser has recently been the subject of a massive media story surrounding his affair with England colleague and former Chelsea team mate Wayne Bridge’s ex girlfriend Vanessa Perroncel. Perroncel is also mother of Bridge’s son, now 3 years old. Bridge now plays for Manchester City.

Chelsea and England captain Terry is alleged to have had an affair with Perroncel. The allegations are yet to be confirmed but Perroncel has held talks with publicist Max Clifford over dinner regarding the affair and her story is likely to be released soon.

Terry’s wife Toni Terry is currently in Dubai with their twins following the allegations. Capello is is keen to get crisis talks out of the way so he can concentrate on England’s build up to the World Cup in South Africa this summer.