Englands World Cup Squad Crisis

Goalkeepers:
1. Joe Hart - the best English goalkeeper on current form.
2. Rob Green or Paul Robinson - Neither great, but both seldom injured and play week in week out.
3. David James or another, if James plays till the end of the season he goes, probably the same with Ben Foster. If neither play and one of the two above have issues then prehaps someone out of leftfield like Scott Loach.
Right Backs:
1. Glen Johnson - If fit, hasn't played in a while so uncertain as to whether he makes it.
2. Wes Brown - His best form for Manchester United was at right back in the Champions League winning season, though it is a position he needs a run of games to adapt to. He can also play as a centre back where he has played a lot for Man U this season.
Backup - Gary Neville - has been more fit this season, he is at best though when attacking as he lost some pace since the serious injuries. Can also play as a centre back. After Gary Neville there arn't any notable options, which is a concern given Glen Johnson's fitness. n.b. - I lied I forgot Micah Richards who is having some what of a rebirth under Mancini.
Left Backs:
1. Ashley Cole - not perfect but very good, can get caught to high up the field which is an issue if Glen Johnson is playing as well. - His place at the world cup however will be determined by the media, He has a big tabloid target on the back of his head.
2. Wayne Bridge - if he is willing to play in the same team as John Terry and Ashley Cole and is fit, he is probably going to go.
Backup - Leighton Baines prehaps - not a great deal of choice in this area.
Centre Backs:
1. John Terry - The biggest tabloid target in Britain right now, he has six months of mud slinging by the papers if he is to make the squad, there are also concerns regarding his relationships with other players, notabley Wayne Bridge. Still a long time to go and the scandals surrounding him still have plenty of legs. A big wait and see here.
2. Rio Ferdinand - If he is fit he goes - a potentially big if however given a series of injuries this season.
3. Mathew Upson - form is a bit erratic of late, he is a favourite of Capello, and by no means a bad player, should be on the plane.
4. Joleon Lescott - Two issues here - 1. Fitness, 2. Will Mancini like him, he was a big money signing of Mark Hughes, Given that city have players like Toure, Kompany, Onuoha, Boyata, Richards it is by no means certain that he will be playing for the rest of the season.
Backup - Cahill is out for the season, King and Woodgate have serious fitness concerns. Dawson prehaps maybe even Shawcross at Stoke.
Midfield: a difficult area to call - I'm going to start with the certs and work outwards.
1. Steven Gerrard - only issue is fitness, not been in his best form this season but if fit he goes.
2. Frank Lampard - Again pretty certain to go, has to like all Chelsea players watch their back for the tabloids, but he is considerably cleaner that Terry and A Cole.
3. James Milner - Great form for Villa, can play anywhere, good tournament experience with the Under 21s, has played well for the senior team- must go.
4. Gareth Barry - Good form for City can play in a variety of positions, no issues here.
5. David Beckham - Has experience, playing regularly for Milan - issue here is age.
6. Michael Carrick - A good centre midfielder, playing well for Manchester United, more of a deep lying player which England will need two of. Also has been among the goals this year.
7. Aaron Lennon - unplayable before he got injured, if he is fit he must go. Saddly this is a big if though.
8. Who can say, Ashley Young a very good player, though inconsistant for Villa this year, Stuart Downing - doing allright for Villa though not at his best yet, Theo Walcott, Strugglled with injuries andwhen he has been fit he hasn't been in form. David Bentley has been playing allright for Tottenham the last couple of weeks, but will he get in Tottenthams team if Lennon is fit. Shaun Wright-Phillips hasn't palyed well on the occasions hes played under Mancini - Adam Johnson was brought on ahead of him for City against Hull and Mancini was instantly impressed with Johnson so maybe hes an outside bet. N'Zogbia now qualifies for England and he has been pretty good this season so you never know.
Strikers:
1. Wayne Rooney - 23 goals already for United this season, brilliant for England in qualifying. Churches up and down the country are packed to the rafters with England fans praying he doesn't get injured before the World Cup.
2. Jermain Defoe - must go 20 goals already for Spurs this season and has been scoring in his last few international runouts, offers very little other than goals, but as we all know goals win games.
3. Peter Crouch - only 10 goals this season so not a bad return, at international level he scores goals for fun, also when he was at Liverpool he was more prolific in Europe. Without wanting to sound jingoistic, he must go becuase foreign defences can't handle him.
4. Emile Heskey prehaps, who knows, has played well for England but has less goals in him than Crouch, - hard call this one. - Carlton Cole - not prolific but was playing well for west ham before he got injured. Darren Bent has 15 goals so far this season for Sunderland, very similar player to Defoe but Defoe is more prolific. Gabby Agbonlahor - 12 goals for the season so far, has pace movement, but unlikely to go unless he scores 20-25+ this season. Other options include Michael Owen - but only if he gets a Rooneyesque run of goals. and my outside bet would be for Matt Derbyshire - who since his return from injury has been banging them in for Olympiakos.

So many issues so little time, expect one or two unforseen major injuries as well.

Wayne Bridge joins Fathers 4 Justice

What the Sweet FA think of John Terry

"As a role model I don’t think there is anyone better than him"

"‘JT’ is an inspiration to his fellow players and to fans alike"

Classic, my betting is that the FA won't react till Tesco drop him from adverts and such

Ashley Cole: Back to the future 4

Ashley Cole was recently caught speeding and banned from driving, it was alledged he was doing 104mph in a 50 zone. Part of his defence was that speed gun was inacurate.
We can reveal that Ashley Cole was in fact telling the truth.
He was as claimed doing 80mph, We know this becuase he was at the time aiming for 88mph at which point he would have travelled back to the future style through time.
The reason behind this time travel attempt was to meet John Terry at the home of Wayne Bridge's girlfriend, not becuase Cole is a patriot and could see the damage it would do to team morale in a world cup year, but becuase he wanted to join in.

The John Terry Affair(s)

If you don't know by now, John Terry had an affair with Wayne Bridges ex girlfriend, with whom Wayne (Team) Bridge has a child with. The more extreme and disturbing rumours suggest that Terry got her pregnant (not deliberately) and then made her have and abortion. Some rumours also suggest that the affair began before she broke up with Wayne Bridge.

There are a host of moral debates/issues surrounding this scandal:
1) Was John Terry right to attempt to keep it private.
2) Is John Terry more attractive than Wayne Bridge.
3) Does the outing of John Terry as a pro-abortionist make him vunerable to attacks from Christian Fundamentalists.
4) Is this why the British Government recently raisied the Terrorism Threat Level or Terryism Threat Level.
5) Do England want a serial adulterer, whose mother is a Thief and Father is a Coke(not cola) Dealer as their captain.
6) Does this effect team moral.
7) Was this a ploy by the French, (Bridges ex is French) to put England off their game before the world cup.
8) Is Vanessa Perroncel a Manchester United fan.
9) Should Chelski keep him as captain?
10) Does John Terry only go for left backs WAGS or does he try different positions.
11) Should John Terry's wife leave him?
12) For Wayne Bridge?
13) How glad is Ashley Cole that this kept his driving ban out of the papers.
14) Did John Terry do it to protect Ashley Cole? Captain's responsibility to take care of his team et al.
15) How come Burnley didn't come up with any good John Terry chants.
16) Will Hull do any better.
17) Is this the conclusive proof that John (JT) Terry is a rent boy.
18) Can we trust people who have two first names and no surname.
19) Has John Terry slept with Tiger Woods?
20) Will John Terry suffer 1 or 2 broken legs when City play Chelski at the end of February.