Best manager in the world!

Awesome.

The Good:
Rooney finally scored again
Welcome back Joe Cole
Micah Richards looked the business
Ashley Cole starting to look more like a footballer again
We looked surprisingly organised
A draw in Amsterdam is not too shabby
The Bad:
Poor Andy Johnson forced to play wide again
Darren Bent didn’t see any action again
Gerrard, Lampard and Carrick all looked very average… again

Steve Mac has named a humungous 28 man England squad for the friendly against Holland. He know you can only play 11 at a time, right?
The only eye-popper is the inclusion of 18 year old centreback/right back Micah Richards. Kieran Richardson misses out, which is fair enough - he’s rubbish, but a [...]

Hopefully Steve Mac will wield his axe, chop a few big names down to size, and add some fresh blood when he names his England squad tomorrow for the friendly against Holland on November 15th.
Aaron Lennon is back from injury and looking impressive for Spurs, so I’m expecting the dribbletastic right winger to get a [...]

Steve McClaren has hinted that Theo Walcott could get another go in the senior team in one of the two friendly games before Euro 2008 qualifying resumes.

The England blog is back and - much like the team - it’s under new management. Shawn was caught negotiating with a fake sheikh about writing another blog for more money, so here I am.