Well as for the rest its just the same old same old crap.
Players coming on in the second half of friendlies and doing absolutely [Poor language removed] all to stake their claim for a starting place.
Defoe - Yet again failed to do anything to convince me he is International quality. 5 years ago I would have said yes, this guy is mustard. I'm afraid he's shockingly average and that is why Jol never played him and Ramos is doing the same. So why on earth is he playing for England?
Smith - What? Why? What position? Plays deep in midfield for Newcastle, does McClaren even look at this at all?
Young - Really disappointed me. Lacked composure, lacked basic crossing ability and the less said about the shot the better.
Bentley - Very petulent, gave the ball away too often, did he do better than Beckham? Well Beckham wasn't majestic, but he's still valuable, especially when you see who's coming up behind him.
Barry - Why wasn't he on from the start? He anchors the midfield perfectly.
Brown - Why? Why move Richards into a less attacking position, and bring on Brown who can't attack?
I give up I really do. Basically when all our so called stars retire, not much coming through is there?