Writer: Rug 
Date:Monday June 11 2012
Time: 3:30PM
If the 'reports' are correct Roy Hodgson is going to start Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain against France today.
The team, from my reckoning, will be the one that started against Belgium recently minus the injured Gary Cahill with Joleon Lescott coming in instead.
'Expect' starting XI is...
Hart, Johnson, Terry, Lescott, Cole, Milner, Gerrard, Parker, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Welbeck, Young.
I am more than happy with this as I have previously said that I think Chamberlain could be that 'unexpected commodity' that I think England needed, and I hoped we would see.
For me he can offer us, hopefully, that something different that nations will not be overly aware of and can be that 'secret weapon' we need...
A big thumbs up from me to you Roy is you have decided this.
Vital England on:
Vital England on:
McCarthy Not Expected To Be Capped? (Thursday May 23 2013)
Injury Strikes Carroll Again! (Thursday May 23 2013)
We'll Look Like Them, Can We Play Like Them! (Tuesday May 21 2013)
Underperforming 'Golden Generation' (Tuesday May 21 2013)
Rodwell Gets England Call (Tuesday May 21 2013)
England Wait On Cleverley (Tuesday May 21 2013)
Delfouneso Replaces McManaman (Monday May 20 2013)
Carroll Worthy Of Return (Monday May 20 2013)
McManaman Ruled Out (Saturday May 18 2013)
Captain Cole? (Saturday May 18 2013)
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skillful, VERY quick feet and had the ref actually supported him more he would have got a few more freekicks that he should have, his markers would also have got yellow cards that would have put him under pressure.
he frightened the french and their answer was to often foul him, mostly without punishment of a freekick let alone the card it warranted!
same again against the swedes and he will rip them apart.