An open letter to John Motson

The current England all-time scoring charts after the Colombia game:

Combover 49
Crisp Muncher 48
Saintand 44
Miguel 32

Now that Owen's passed the glut of players in the high-20's and low 30's, maybe Motson will shut the fuck up for a while about where he stands in relation to the greats. Unless, of course, we draw Saudi Arabia in the World Cup, and if that happens even Peter fucking Crouch could get himself in the top 10.

Actually, looking at the line-up for today, we've got three players that'll start in Germany (Beckham, Owen, A Cole), one that will because Sven won't play the proper formation (J Cole), three squad players (Jenas, P Neville, James), and four players who've got no fucking chance of being anywhere near the squad (Crouch, Carrick, Knight, Johnson). We know EXACTLY what all these players can do, so why the hell are we playing a pointless friendly and not experimenting? Everybody's injured will be the excuse. That's what happens when you schedule friendlies at this time. It's especially true at centre back. When you have to start with Glen Johnson and Zat Knight... that means no Ferdinand, Campbell, Terry, Carragher, Upson, King, Brown, and those are just the sensible ones... you're better off bringing people up from the U21 side.

When I describe Wes Brown as a sensible option in front of a starting CB pair for England, that's saying something.