Capello's 'brave new world'....Terry retained, Rodwell omitted

SO Fabio Capello has unwrapped an England squad that is new and daring and that will overwhelm all-comers - or so some of the Sunday papers would have you believe.

My belief is that the Italian has done nothing of the sort, that he is guilty of tokenism and that he has shown a worrying lack of clarity and vision.

His tokens to those who cried for youth to be given its chance are the inclusion of Wilshere and Gibbs...but why on earth is there no place for the wonderful Jack Rodwell??

Surely Capello can see that England's failings in South Africa were, among other things, down to his reluctance to play two holding midfielders...as did all the success stories of the tournament, including Spain?

Gareth Barry is not a holding midfielder, and with the continued unavailability of Owen Hargreaves it would surely have made sense to slot together the next best two, maybe even the only alternatives ie RODWELL and Scotty PARKER?

It means that the 'new-look England' have no recognised holding midfielders in the squad.

And what on earth is John Terry still in the squad for? Surely by dropping Terry Capello would have sent out his most ominous message that, yes, he was planning for a brave new future now. Apart from showing he will not tolerate ego-based dissent (Terry was, after all, a one-man failed coup in South Africa) Capello has permitted a man who has lost a yard of pace to continue to blunder at the heart of his team.

A big letdown, Capello...certainly not Ab Fab...