Bad news. Our list of the fallen is now about as long as Peter Crouch’s leg. The BBC so kindly tells us that we’re missing Rio Ferdinand, Steven Gerrard, Ashley Cole, David James, Theo Walcott, Emile Heskey, David Beckham, Aaron Lennon, Carlton Cole, John Terry, Frank Lampard, and Glen Johnson. That’s 12 of our [...]

Don Fabio has announced the England Squad to take on Spain on Feb 11th, and David Beckham indeed makes the squad, which also makes room for Everton defender Phil Jagielka (who has been busy making Torres, Drogba and Berbatov look distinctly average this season), and in-form striker Carlton Cole who has hit a bit of [...]

Alright, so the chances of Fabio Capello reading this (especially since he apparently doesn’t speak English) are nil, but here’s what I’d say to him if he asked for my tuppence on his new job:
Goalkeepers: Paul Robinson is error-prone, with a shattered confidence in international competition. David James is error-prone, sometimes comically so. Scott Carson [...]

1) Commentary from Ian Wright and Alan Shearer (gues which isn’t impressed with Peter Crouch).
2) Slight dinks to Ashley Cole and John Terry turn out to be nothing.

I didn’t get to watch the friendly, which was on at 6 am in my world on a morning when I didn’t get to bed until after 2. And while this was undoubtedly poor opposition — and hobbled, at that — this was an impressive final run, judging just from the result. Peter [...]

That noted Brazilian Joe Cole says it was on the level.
Sorted.

What we’re hearing is that
1) Peter Crouch and Michael Owen will start up front.
2) Owen Hargreaves will get another look as holding midfielder.
3) Frank Lampard reckons Sven’s tinkering is all right.

1) Gary Neville — whom David Beckham reckons is the best right winger ever!!! — will be out of the squad against Jamaica. With only one week to go before the first real match of the World Cup, that’s a prudent move.
2) Wayne Rooney is back to light training, which gratifies Sven to no [...]

Literally: I blame them.
I work in the media business and I know it’s rules. But I watched the friendly against Hungary and I simply cannot understand how the British football press is capable of articles like this:
“Chances of Glory in Germany Slip From Slim to None”
and
“England Victims of Constant Tinkering”
I mean, I wasn’t [...]

I know it seems I have an Andy Johnson fetish, but especially after Lil’ Mick looked so lost against Hungary I feel that the newly-minted Toffee should be on Sven’s squad.
Anyway, Johnson speaks here about his new squad and his national team hopes.
Bully for him!