Oh England, you never fail to disappoint, but at least the picture editors love you. They know exactly what subject the editor wants on the front page, all they have to do is sift through hundreds of shots to find the one that captures the moment perfectly. Last night, as we see, it wasn't as easy as it sounds.
The i might have cracked it, had the player in the photograph been Steven Gerrard.
The Telegraph went for composition with a sorrowful Rooney in the middle. The Guardian chose Suarez, but without knowing the context it's just any old football picture.
The Express and Star didn't trouble with Brazil and opted instead for the same picture (and virtually the same headline) of some blokes in a London pub.
For the Mail, it had to be Coleen, simples.
The Telegraph went for composition with a sorrowful Rooney in the middle. The Guardian chose Suarez, but without knowing the context it's just any old football picture.
The Express and Star didn't trouble with Brazil and opted instead for the same picture (and virtually the same headline) of some blokes in a London pub.
For the Mail, it had to be Coleen, simples.
The Sun seems to have decided that it if can't woo the people of Liverpool it might as well carry on upsetting them by showing Coleen and Wayne's crying son (yes, I know he plays for ManU, but remember they're Liverpudlians).
Whatever made the paper think that it was in order to build a front page around a four-year-old boy in tears?
Moving on swiftly, the Independent and Times made absolutely the right choice. The England captain being offered sympathy by the clubmate who destroyed his dreams or, put another way, the two men responsible for the goal that almost certainly knocked England out of the competition.
Whichever way you look at it, the combination of Gerrard and Suarez, especially in a pose like this, is a no-brainer.*
Whatever made the paper think that it was in order to build a front page around a four-year-old boy in tears?
Moving on swiftly, the Independent and Times made absolutely the right choice. The England captain being offered sympathy by the clubmate who destroyed his dreams or, put another way, the two men responsible for the goal that almost certainly knocked England out of the competition.
Whichever way you look at it, the combination of Gerrard and Suarez, especially in a pose like this, is a no-brainer.*
Photograph AFP/Getty Images
*Unless you're the Mirror, which didn't join in the game, preferring Rik Mayall's funeral.
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