New England Squad

So Paul Robinson and Wes Brown quit International football. No great loss there. They both weren't good enough to replace the previous incumbents and they're not good enough now. They've both realised that and it's more important for them to concentrate on their club careers. It's just a shame that those usual tw@ts in the press are using this as a stick to beat Capello with.

That Capello. He ain't bloody English.

I couldn't agree more Chris...................more than likely that Brown has a good chat with Sir Alex Ferguson and is under no illusions that his club place is under threat as a regular feature for him and he has been advised, and taken it; that involvement with England will not be condusive towards that regular starting place in the United team being made available to him.

I note how, to his credit; he called in at the England HQ at The Grove (not far from Wembley) last night and spoke to Fabio Capello face to face...............I am sure Capello appreciates his decision. Robinson, clearly doesn't want to be England's number four or five goalkeeper at 30 years of age ~ fine, move onto a younger one.

The one caveat I would have is that maybe the lines of communication between management and fringe players are not all they should be, but then possibly the players concerned have only just come to those conclusions in the light of their club situations.

Players at clubs such as Man Utd and Arsenal are under enormous pressure to hold down a first team place, let alone achieve one in the England squad yet where are many of them today, rather than completing their "pre-season" with their clubs? That's right they are at The Grove with the England squad in preparation for a friendly international match................burning the candle at bothe ends will only shorten it's life!

I was hoping it would be the end of the road for Terry, Lampard and Gerrard.

I think there's a bit of psychological warfare going on between Capello and some of the senior players. Those Capello sponsored stats weren't published by accident on the internet, for sure!

The quality miles he has left are just for Liverpool I think. Get shot of them now, get young players in who want to play and let's sack off the 2012 European Championship completely.