Capello named his 30 man squad for the World Cup and there are a few surprises. He now has to cut this squad to 23 men to actually go to South Africa.
The ones in bold below are the ones I would definitely let go.
Goalkeepers: Joe Hart, David James, Robert Green.
Defenders: Leighton Baines, Jamie Carragher, Ashley Cole, Michael Dawson, Rio Ferdinand, Glen Johnson, Ledley King, John Terry, Matthew Upson, Stephen Warnock.
Midfielders: Gareth Barry, Michael Carrick, Joe Cole, Steven Gerrard, Tom Huddlestone, Adam Johnson, Frank Lampard, Aaron Lennon, James Milner, Scott Parker, Theo Walcott, Shaun Wright-Phillips.
Forwards: Darren Bent, Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe, Emile Heskey, Wayne Rooney.
But for my final two I'm not so sure!
I don't like Carragher but there appears to be no other cover at RB. It is a real shame that Wes Brown was injured.
I don’t think Heskey should be in the squad but he is the only target man there so I think he should stay for that reason.
With Carragher being able to cover central defence as well as RB, I think one from Dawson, King, Ferdinand and Terry will go, with my money on Dawson, which is again a shame since he has had a great season.
Bent will probably be dropped to due to his similarity to Defoe.
I think Parker and A Johnson both deserve their shot.
With two caveats; that it has to be from the 30 above and assuming all the 30 are fit, this is my ideal England starting 11:
Hart
Johnson, Ferdinand, Terry, Cole
Lennon, Gerrard, Barry, Lampard, Johnson
Rooney
In my opinion this makes the best use of Rooney, playing as he has done for United with two proper wingers who can deliver consistent crosses and also gets the best from Lampard and Gerrard who can push forward in central positions.
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