The Gallery: England Under-21s

'I don't think our 'strategy' worked,' Alice said, speaking for the England fans, disgruntled. 'We were bounced out.' 'Of course you don’t!' Stuart 'Humpty Dumpty' Pearce retorted, smiling contemptuously as he clutched his new contract. 'When I use that word, it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less' – Charles Guice has us all baffled Photograph: Photomontage

'Frank had a habit of getting jobs that he really shouldn’t have ...' – Jason Froggett has an oooh, Betty, moment Photograph: Photomontage

'Hare today ... still hare tomorrow' – The old ones are the best for Alun Hewinson Photograph: Photomontage

'Stuart Pearce, England management failure, comic book star' – Deci's entry covers all the bases Photograph: Photomontage

'After another tournament failure Psycho really should stop taking squad selection advice from his mother' – Steve Fuller makes us laugh and cry in equal measure Photograph: Photomontage

'If Stuart Pearce threatened Arsenal and had Jack Wilshere in his team, England would do better in the competition,' argues Koichiro Yamamura, convincingly Photograph: Photomontage

'Psycho pops in to see Jack on the way home,' gnarls Sam Gold. But surely she's just terrified at the site of Wilshere's ears? Photograph: Photomontage

'A string of embarrassing performances leading to failure in a major competition – Psycho and Capello prove they are the Jedward of international football' – Steve Fuller with another hair-raising entry Photograph: Photomontage

'The Who?' – The names are on the tips of Louis Heasman's tongue, honest Photograph: Photomontage

'Even England's entry into the Uefa Beauty Pageant suffered a humiliating exit at the group stage' – It's hard to look at the faces in David Brooks's entry Photograph: Photomontage

'Ian Wilmut may not be a household name for the next England U-21 manager but the inventor of Dolly the sheep had a clever plan to hatch' – Alan Noon dreams of a team of Psychos Photograph: Photomontage

'Stuart Pearce plays and manages in the English way' – Rowan Averill's attempt is really quite clever Photograph: Photomontage

'Pearce's novel pre-game methods were lost on England's youngsters,' titters David Williams Photograph: Photomontage

'Sacked after the early exit from the European U21's Championship, Pearce misinterprets the FA's suggestion that he needs to gain further coaching experience before they'll let him near another England team' – Gavin Harrison Photoshops his heart out  Photograph: Photomontage

' ... maybe if we started training them at an earlier stage ...' – Laura Mark thinks England's Lions should start at cub level Photograph: Photomontage