Wayne Rooney fails to make England squad.

[Lazie]

Capello springs squad surprises

Fabio Capello has confirmed his provisional 30-man England squad for the World Cup, with six Tottenham players making the list, including uncapped centre-back Michael Dawson.

GettyImagesDawson, Huddlestone and Defoe are all in the squad



Dawson has been rewarded for an exceptional season with Spurs, in which he has helped the club qualify for next season's Champions League, and he will be joined in the squad by central defensive partner Ledley King.
Capello has consistently maintained that he will not pick injured players, but both King - who is unable to train because of a chronic knee injury - and Gareth Barry, who is out with an ankle injury, have been included.
Jamie Carragher is selected for the first time under Fabio Capello, after the England coach convinced him to come out of international retirement, and the Liverpool defender will provide cover at right-back for club team-mate Glen Johnson.
Spurs midfielder Tom Huddlestone is included along with team-mate Aaron Lennon, who will compete with Shaun Wright-Phillips, Theo Walcott, James Milner, Joe Cole and talented Manchester City youngster Adam Johnson for the wide midfield positions.
Cole, who had been tipped to be overlooked, returns to the England squad for the first time since 2008, joining Chelsea team-mates and Three Lions stalwarts John Terry, Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole.
Manchester United pair Owen Hargreaves and Gary Neville had been tipped for a possible call-up but both miss out, while it is mixed fortunes for the West Ham contenders as Scott Parker is selected but Carlton Cole misses out.
England provisional squad:
Goalkeepers: Joe Hart, David James, Robert Green
Defenders: Leighton Baines, Jamie Carragher, Ashley Cole, Michael Dawson, Rio Ferdinand, Glen Johnson, Ledley King, John Terry, Matthew Upson, Stephen Warnock
Midfielders: Gareth Barry, Michael Carrick, Joe Cole, Steven Gerrard, Tom Huddlestone, Adam Johnson, Frank Lampard, Aaron Lennon, James Milner, Scott Parker, Theo Walcott, Shaun Wright-Phillips
Forwards: Darren Bent, Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe, Emile Heskey,

[Gamma]

this is a joke?

[Lazie]

this is a joke?

Humor was never one of my stronger traits. Serious thing.

[Gamma]

oddly, you are quite comical at times.

[Mosiah]

tragically comical!

[Mosiah]

Forwards: Darren Bent, Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe, Emile Heskey,

what name comes after that comma?

[Jangle]

Cho, that's just sensationalism on Capello's part. Rooney WILL go to SA. I am disappointed not to see Gareth Bale's name.

[Lazie]

Cho, that's just sensationalism on Capello's part. Rooney WILL go to SA. I am disappointed not to see Gareth Bale's name.

Bale is from Wales and played for them already.

[Lazie]

this is a joke?

Soccernet just made the correction.

[Assasin]

still can't see what him see inna Heskey. Give me Cole from West Ham over him any day.

[Lazie]

still can't see what him see inna Heskey. Give me Cole from West Ham over him any day.

Agreed! He was unproductive at Villa this season. Then again, in the games for England he has held up play well enough to bring others into the attack.

Another surprise was SWP. He hardly started for Man City under Mancini, yet he has a chance of making it.

[Mosiah]

look at your post again, lazie. there was a comma there and nothing after that? rooney's name was after heskey.

[Lazie]

look at your post again, lazie. there was a comma there and nothing after that? rooney's name was after heskey.

Mosiah ... why unuh love talk as if unuh know, when the reality is unuh nuh know? Rooney name wasn't there. Here is the link read the comments.

[Gamma]

as i said originally.....

[Mosiah]

Lazie, all I am saying is there was a comma after the last name. What does that suggest?!?