Problems mount for bungling Capello

Fabio Capello might find his belief that results are everything being sorely tested as the aftermath of England’s 2-0 win over Wales on Saturday provided yet more questions about the Italian’s judgement.

Two days after claiming he did not think it was right to inform Rio Ferdinand he had lost the captain’s armband by telephone, Steven Gerrard, who led the Three Lions during the ill-fated World Cup campaign, revealed Capello had contacted him to say exactly that.