The real problem with Fabio Capello in the England job is that he has no incentive to develop the team for the World Cup of 2014.
He has 12 months to go on his contract so all his efforts are tied to Euro 2012. It means he has no carrot to get more younger players into the team. Hence the retention of the likes of Lampard, Terry, Rio, Barry.
While the big guns - like Spain, Germany and Argentina and Brazil - have lowered the age of their teams, ours remains relatively stagnant.
Also, he seems more naturally inclined to promote journeymen befoe artists - hence the ridiculous decision to use Milner instead of Ashley Young from the start of the Switzerland encounter!
It don't look good for 2014 onwards...
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- Frank Worrall
- is a Fleet Street journalist who has written regularly for The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Mail on Sunday, FourFourTwo magazine, Melody Maker/NME and many other newspapers and magazines. The subjects of his critically-acclaimed books include Gareth Bale, Roy Keane, Lewis Hamilton, Alex Ferguson and Rory McIlroy.