Random Rant: English Media

So England lost 3-2 to Holland in a friendly. That in itself shouldn't cause much of a shock. But the football media in England and it seems the majority of the fans are intent on getting worked up about anything and everything, being hypocritical and nonsensical with it.
They seemed intent on getting Capello out, but Pearce can seemingly do nothing right either. He was apparently at fault for the display last night, even though Capello or Redknapp, whose reputation seems to grow daily, would have pretty much played the same team and got the same result.
Before the game there was a clamour to blood the younger players, get them some experience. Now there are complaints that our 'better' players were left out, talk of this being a 'reserve' team and widespread condemnation that we did not win the game.
Let's take a reality check here. The Dutch were runners up at the last world cup, they're ranked second in the world. They played a pretty strong side, with masses of experience. Why did anyone expect England to win? All we could hope for was a good performance and some experience for the young players, who need time to gel and grow as a unit.
So what of the performance, so lambasted despite the fact we could easily have finished the gmae with a draw?
In the first half, which ended 0-0, the English were marginally the better side. I believe we had more chances on goal. Remember again that this is against the second best team in the world.
Early in the second half we had a couple of lapses in concentration and a piece of individual brilliance by robben left us trailing 2-0. This is to be expected when the young players are playing together for the first time, a little bit of inexperience will lead to mistakes. This is exaclty what friendlies are for.
Even so, they showed character to pull back the score to 2-2. They didn't panic and kept going, which is admirable. The majority of the players didn't look lost at this level.
It was slightly unfortunate that Robben scored a late winner (although why was there only 4 minutes of stoppage time after the long delay due to Smalling's injury? England could've had a chance to equalise.) but it doesn't mean the performance wasn't a credit to the players. They showed exactly what was lacking in the World Cup, sprit and determination and a bit of passion.
Yet they are roundly criticised and derided as 'reserves'.
Which highlights the real problem in this country, not the players or the manager or even the FA, but the media and the fans who constantly criticise and disparage whatever happens on the pitch.