The last few England games have revitalised my interest in the national team, we do now seem to have a proper manager who knows what he is doing, and is showing some leadership and has respect of the players.

The absence of some players also has made selection for the next match and beyond interesting as Wright-Phillips, Agbanlahor & Downing all looked very much at home in the England team.


This got me thinking on what the squad for World Cup 2010 could look like, I may look very silly when I read this back in 18 months time, as so much can change in that time and you couldn’t have predicted Walcott’s inclusion last time 18 months out!

Goalkeepers

Robinson
Kirkland
Foster



Defenders

Johnson
Richards
Cole
Terry
Ferdinand
Davies
Woodgate



Midfield

Wright-Phillips
Cole
Gerrard
Lampard
Barry
Carrick
Downing
Lennon



Strikers

Rooney
Walcott
Agbanlahor
Young
Defoe


The goalkeeping position is the one that is hardest to call, I honestly don’t believe we can make real progress with James in goal, but the competition is not the strongest, I really hope that Foster gets a chance at Manchester United and comes to the fore in 2009/10.