Tuesday 30 September 2014

Routledge rumoured to be set for England callup

Tabloid media reporting that winger will get the nod ahead of teammates Nathan Dyer & Jonjo Shelvey




One of two "EXCLUSIVE" articles (link) published by the Daily Star late last night/early this morning (the other being a list of one sentence snippets like "Leon Britton is out for another six weeks" with no substantiation) claims that following Rod Hodgson's trip to the Liberty Wayne Routledge is set to receive a callup to the England squad for the qualifiers against San Marino & Estonia.

I've made my feelings on this matter clear in the past - notably that Andros Townsend is a liability who should be nowhere near international football - and if this rumour is true it's no more than Wayne deserves. It just seems a shame that Dyer & Shelvey may miss out. 

Hopefully if we maintain our current level of performance and keep picking up points it won't be long before our other English hopefuls get the recognition they deserve.