Wayne Rooney is a certainty to be in the England side in South Africa this summer and I would expect Jermain Defoe to be joining him in the squad as a likely substitute. Who will be paired up front with Wayne is still up in the air with three of those contenders in the squad for tonight’s friendly with Egypt.

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Wayne Rooney’s amazing season for Manchester United continued at the weekend as he scored the winner in their Carling Cup final win over Aston Villa. There’s no doubt Rooney is fundamental to England’s chances of success at the World Cup finals in South Africa but my only worry is just how long he can keep up this form.

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Joe Hart is in the England squad for tonight’s game with Egypt and that call-up is thoroughly deserved after an excellent season on loan at Birmingham. Hart has played a key role in Alex McLeish’s team’s superb first season back in the Premier League. Defensively Birmingham have been outstanding with Hart a consistent figure between the sticks.

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Theo Walcott is back in the England squad for tonight’s game with Egypt despite a pretty awful season for Arsenal. He has played very little football but apart from the recent match with Sunderland, he has done very little. However, I do feel that Fabio Capello knows how to get the best out of Walcott and will give him every chance to make the squad. It’s a shame Tottenham star Aaron Lennon is not fit as he was definitely the in-form right winger in the Premier League. He has thrilled the White Hart Lane fans this season with some scintillating performances for Harry Redknapp. Spurs and England need him back fully fit and firing as soon as possible.

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Theo Walcott is back in the England squad for tonight’s game with Egypt despite a pretty awful season for Arsenal. He has played very little football but apart from the recent match with Sunderland, he has done very little. However, I do feel that Fabio Capello knows how to get the best out of Walcott and will give him every chance to make the squad.

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Stoke City’s Ryan Shawcross has been called up to the England squad for the match with Egypt but the timing could have been better following the furore over his tackle on Arsenal youngster Aaron Ramsey at the weekend. Personally, I hope he is not judged unfairly.

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There is plenty of debate as to the merits of both Everton’s Leighton Baines and Aston Villa’s Stephen Warnock in regards to making the England World Cup squad. For me, Baines is the one I would choose. There isn’t too much between the two left-backs as both have enjoyed good seasons at club level but the Toffees defender just has the edge.

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Ashley Cole is widely regarded as England’s and the Premier League’s best left-back but with the Chelsea defender out through injury, there aren’t too many top-class replacements for Fabio Capello to choose from. Wayne Bridge has been Cole’s understudy at both Chelsea and at international level but after withdrawing from playing for England after the John Terry fiasco, the only two potential candidates are Aston Villa’s Stephen Warnock and Everton’s Leighton Baines. Unfortunately for Capello, the left-back currently performing best in the Premier League is a Welshman, Tottenham’s Gareth Bale.

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There’s been plenty of exciting thrills and spills in the Premier League of late with a number of shock victories resulting in some massive jackpot wins on Premier 10 this season. This includes a £45,000 rollover win for one Chelsea fan a fortnight ago when Arsenal won 3-0 in the North London derby and my old club Liverpool were humbled at Craven Cottage by Roy Hodgson’s Fulham.

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There’s been plenty of exciting thrills and spills in the Premier League of late with a number of shock victories resulting in some massive jackpot wins on Premier 10 this season. This includes a £45,000 rollover win for one Chelsea fan a fortnight ago when Arsenal won 3-0 in the North London derby and my old club Liverpool were humbled at Craven Cottage by Roy Hodgson’s Fulham.

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