I don't even know why Sven picked Theo Walcott. Did he have any experience, especially playing at an international level where standards are so much higher? Er, NO.
What concerns me most about our current England team, is the lack of good strikers (especially with Rooney out). I have great problems with Michael Owen. He should NOT even be in the team, it frustrates me so much how the commentators always glaze over any errors he makes and attribute it to other factors, but he misses so many chances and always is too heavy on the ball, and can barely control it and rarely makes the clinical finishes that should be expected of world class players. Obviously that is why he is no longer at Real Madrid, at least they could spot it. (Complete rant, ignore it) I personally favoured Sean Wright-Phillips instead of Walcott, but whatever.
Another thing I keep noticing about England is that they usually play poorly against teams they should be thrasing 5-0 (e.g. Northen Ireland, Paraguay, Liechtenstein) but tend to fare better with the more challenging teams (Argentina, Brazi, Germany etc).
However, I'm personally confident in the England team, I'm glad Paul Robinson has been put in goal rather than the inconsistent James. As long as we get to the quarter finals at least to avoid embarrassment.
England FTW.
