And another one bites the dust

With the countdown underway to the first round of games in the Prem, AGAIN, it comes as no surprise that another player from a Big Four club has pulled outta the the England Squad for this weeks friendly.

I said yesterday that this was bound to happen. However it doesn't make it any less shocking both in terms of the England's team's preparation for 2010 and for all the fans that have bought tickets. Do we get any benefit from seeing a patchwork England XI vs Holland??

The argument is always that Capello now has a chance to see how other players may fare in the team however, this isn't the point. These games are an opportunity for the preferred 11 to play as many times together as possible, and gel in a way that gives us a chance of getting past the quarter-finals next year.

Any-road, that's enough for now. I'm off to spit some more feathers.

Yours

Frank