La Merda o Brilla??

The squad is named, and in just a couple of days we will see Fabio Capello send out his first England team in a freindly against Switzerland. I for one have no issue with Becks being dropped, not playing in a game of any note since November is not how to gain international selection, although it would have been nice to see him reach his hundred ( bet he doesn't think that yellow card against Wales is so clever now). It will be intersting, however, to see what Fabio's reaction is if we perform poorly. I hazard a guess he won't look like a bemused chimpanzee whilst vainly clinging to an umbrella. It would be nice to think after the last six years or so that merit, not reputation, will become to key to selection, and if so to see how some of the now veteren players, Owen and Lampard to name two, respond. I personally have good vibes about Capellos appointment, a serial winner of trophies, and think the kind of no nonsense magement style he has will give us back the backbone we seem to have lost halfway through Sven's tenure. Roll on South Africa 2010.