And obviously Suarez was another scouser at fault for his two goal showing, while only being half fit.
Johnson was another one who was targeted, a defender I think has been very very bad.
It is funny how people say all this being serious, because the tweets I were sending were to get bites from the Liverpool fans, which I was successful in.
Liverpool didn't cost the us our place, not having good enough players did.
They know the game is as good as up
However every football fan can dissect the two performances the way they want to. Things such as bombing Rooney, saying the next tournament will be ours, we have great youngsters, and the rest of the excuses that have come out.
Some of these are valid but they aren't the sole reason we are on the verge of crashing out.
The sole reason is Roy Hodgson hasn't got the resources to get England out of a group like this, we just aren't good enough.
Some of the comments about us being great for the next World Cup or Euro's are coming from well respected journalists on Twitter. It's just laughable.
But like I have said, some of the reasons that have been given for England crashing out are slightly true, and I am going to look at the different points, and some of the reasons I agree with.
Young team ready for next time. Not just yet.
In all the major tournaments in recent memory, when we have been dumped out, this has been the view of almost every England fan.
After the 2006 it was the case when players like Beckham and co bowed out. After a failed qualification campaign for Euro 2008, it was the same. And in 2010 and 2012 it has been the same again.
It seems like fans and some pundits need to change the record, and realise that we just aren't good enough.
I think as a young team we aren't good enough to make that step up and light up the world, but I think individually we do have some good young players who can be moulded into top players, to take us back up a level.
Since the days of having a back four made up of Neville, Ferdinand, Campbell and Cole, we have moved to Johnson, Cahill, Jagielka and Baines. Good players but not a patch on that previous back four of the early 2000's.
Players coming through such as Flanagan, Stones, Barkley, Sterling and Shaw are all good individual youngsters who by the time Euro 2016 comes around will be better players.
But we can't cling onto the fact we will have an excellent team next time because of a few good youngsters. Its nonsense.
Lack of cutting edge cost us.
People have slammed Rooney, but personally I don't think he has played too bad. Saying that, he could have had two or three already in this tournament and that is the difference between him and Suarez.
Suarez is a rat, I hate the bloke, but he is a tremendous footballer, and showed that last night while being at 50% fitness.
Against Italy, Rooney should have buried that chance at 2-1, back to 2-2 and England have a point and a great start.
Grabbed his elusive World Cup goal
Hit the bar last night which I think was unlucky through a mis-judged run, but at 1-0 last night with 25 minutes to go Rooney had a great chance. Either side of the keeper and it was in the back of the net. Suarez would have scored, Rooney didn't, that is the difference.
We need more spark, more cutting edge, an Owen or a Shearer, that has cost us in the end. It's not the only reason, but it has made the difference.
Should we have take JT
Granted he is one of the most hated men in the country, but he's a bloody good defender, better than anything else on show for England this World Cup.
JT is a born leader, an organiser, something that was still in the dressing room in the back four last night.
That spell of 15 minutes when Uruguay assurted their authority on the game highlighted just how big the defensive frailties of England were.
With JT in there it could have been a different story. We will never know, but I am almost sure it would have.
Deep lying midfielders? We have none.
A smaller problem, maybe one that no one noticed was the fact England have no natural deep lying midfielders.
We had Henderson and Gerrard in them positions this World Cup, good players, but not natural in that position.
Could be argued that was showed with the second Suarez goal as Gerrard's position was too high. Maybe a natural CDM would have been deeper, but that is a little petty.
In the whole squad I don't think we do have one of them specialist players, and that is something that needs to be found.
Sturridge majorly found out.
All season I have said Sturridge had faults, not as good as people say. And I think it showed last night.
Hats off to Sturridge, great Premier League goal return and bagged a goal on Saturday. But unless he is alongside Suarez, he looks half the player.
He can't play the lone front man role as shown last night, and I think he is someone who needs multiple chances to get a goal.
Someone said to me on Twitter that he was bad because of the system we played. A silly comment in my view because pro footballers should be able to adapt to any system.
Best moment: The passion of Hart.
Looking on the bright side, what passion we saw from Joe Hart.
Screaming and swearing at ball boys to get the ball back, and kicking advertising boardings in the process. What a man!
Great passion from the keeper, and I think there was a lot more of that from England players than at the previous World Cup.
On the other hand, he might have had an itchy scalp. Dodgy batch of shampoo!
Hart beaten for the first goal
Don't Blame Roy!
We can't blame Roy and I think he has done as well as anyone could with the resources he has got at his disposal. As I have said before the bottom line is we are just not good enough.
SO there it is. My overview of last night and the miserable Three Lions campaign.
In more pressing matters I suffered a Gary Lewin moment while celebrating England's goal last night.
I'm putting it down to an over erratic celebration.
But after all this, technically it isn't over.
In the true England supporter style, we still believe!
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