Stanley Matthews died today (23/2/00).  He was 85 and played 56 times for England and was footballs first knight.

Now to the England Team.  Emile Heskey, I'm sure a lot of Leicester fans think he's absolutely great and maybe some neutrals too (I'm sure at club level he is OK), my opinion is, 'does Mr. Keegan know what he's doing?'  He has Andy Cole and Kevin Phillips sat on the bench.  These are the statistics so far this season.

Andy Cole       :    16 goals in 21 games.

Alan Shearer    :    16 goals in 24 games.

Kevin Phillips   :     23 goals in 23 games.

Emile Heskey   :     6 goals in 22 games.

I can only assume Mr. Keegan has looked at these statistics and in his infinate wisdom decided that Shearer and Heskey are the best format of this quartet..  Well I'm sorry, I question his sanity.  I just can't understand his first team squad.  OK, it's only a friendly and people don't take the game too seriously, but just looking at the statistics, can you ignore what is in black and white?  I can't.

Jas Wilcox.  He has just signed for Leeds after playing in Division One for the last 6-7 months.  Is this a wise choice?  Which brings me to me my next point:-

Denis Wise.  He's hardly England material is he?  He is nothing more that a little rotweiler (or should I say Jack Russel) and, in my opinion has no ability whatsoever.  He flatters to deceive.