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| Manchester United's maestro, Tom Cleverley |
Here is in my opinion, England's best team to start along with 6 key subs for the World Cup in Brazil. A team that is essentially very young with the key lynchpins of Wayne Rooney and Joe Hart, two of some of the best players in the world.
GK - Joe Hart (19/04/1987) - One of the top 3 best keepers in the world period. Should form a steady rock at the back for the Three Lions as he does for Man City and IMO should be the captain.
LB - Leighton Baines (11/12/1984) - Best English left back in the Premier League at the moment, Baines provides experience at the back and is dangerous with his crosses going forward.
CB - Gary Cahill (19/12/1985) - Set to take over John Terry as Chelsea's and England's most important central defender. Good going forward too.
CB - Chris Smalling (22/11/1989) - Smalling's return has bolstered Manchester United at the back and continued game time will see him emerge as favourite to partner Cahill at the back.
RB - Kyle Walker (28/05/1990) - Best English right back in the Premier League at the moment and not bad in front of goal too.
DM - Phil Jones (21/02/1992) - Good at the back and can take care of the backline and make the odd lumbering runs forward himself - could possibly be an effective sweeper.
CM - Tom Cleverley (12/08/1989) - Best central midfielder of his generation at the moment along with Jack Wilshere. Is becoming Manchester United's anchor in the middle.
CM - Jack Wilshere (01/01/1992) - Arsenal's man will get better with more game time and is definitely one of England's best options for a young, fast, athletic midfield to match the Germans and Spaniards.
LW - Theo Walcott (16/03/1989) - Mercurial but dangerous out wide and down the middle. Theo's time has come.
FW - Wayne Rooney (24/10/1985) - Definitely England's best outfield player by a country mile.
RW - Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (15/08/1993) - The Ox will compliment Walcott and run at defenses and create room for Rooney and the midfield to come and score goals.
6 KEY SUBS -
GK - Jack Butland (10/03/1993) - A good backup for Joe Hart. Will be in the Premier League by the time the World Cup arrives
DF - Luke Shaw (12/07/1995) - The new Ashley Cole.
LB/LW - Ryan Bertrand (05/08/1989) - Versatile and can cover the left hand side of midfield and at the back.
CM - Jonjo Shelvey (27/02/1992) - The new Steven Gerrard.
RW - Raheem Sterling (08/12/1994) - Another dangerous winger to bring off the bench.
FW - Daniel Sturridge (01/09/1989) - Underrated, one of the best players when it comes to linking up play.
Ashley Cole and Gerrard will be definite starters at the world cup.Glen Johnsn likely too. The rest seems about right. The subs however are just not good enough. I agree with Butland, Sterling and possibly Sturridge but the rest just lack in quality. Hodgson will surely have a much more experienced squad than this. Caulker, Baines, Lampard, Milner etc will be on the bench. Jonjo Shelver (atleast for now) is certainly not the new Steven Gerrard. Differenct class entirely.
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