defoe can score with his feet and his head and is a­ damn sight faster on his feet than heskey why cappello­ rates him i have no idea i along with id say the­ majority of england fans dont want to see heskey played­ at all unless it was because we had no strikers­ available through injury

Heskey is a wholehearted player who gives of his best­ but unfortunately it is not good enough.We are short of­ good right backs and in the World Cup Johnson may be­ found wanting against the top sides. Defoe is a sharp­ shooter but is idle and contributes little else though­ a bettter bet than Heskey.

I would not pay to see an­ England friendly the players go through the motions and­ collect the money but the management learns­ nothing.

Colin

What does DeFoe have to do to start a game?

I bet comment number 35 is a man u supporter

you are correct...he fell, as he is english he falls he­ doesnt dive, as he did against arsenal about 3 years­ ago, and as he did against them the other week, and as­ owen did against argentina about 9 years ago in the­ world cup...they fall as they are english....they dont­ dive

it was only a freindly rooney didin't meen to div­ he have fall down he is not a cheater he can't tel­ the ref :"I fall don't give the pen"

i agree why did everybody make such a fuss about­ eduardo....what about rooney!!? just cose he is english­ non of the papers dare talk about him diving

england should play against england women so they can­ get shown a lesson

Heskey & Defoe cant be compared! They are 2­ different players, it all depends on what the manager­ wants and who the opposition is. Personally against­ Croatia I think both would work, & Defoe would edge­ it for me.
GK. Foster (Silly mistake from Green on­ Saturday & I think young Foster should be given a­ chance)
RB. Brown (I think he's a better defender­ than Johnson & a draw is good enough for us)
LB.­ A.Cole
CB.Terry - CB. R.Ferdinand (In case some idiots­ think Anton is good enough for England lol)
4­ Midfielders.
1. Beckham (I think we could do with some­ experience on the night, may be Lennon on when­ they're tiring)
2. Carrick (Sorry when it comes to­ passing and taking control of a game, I think Carrick­ is a better player)
3. Gerrard - 4. Lampard
ST.­ Rooney
ST. Defoe (Just)

dont worry defoe will get his chance when fergie spits­ his dummy out of uefa grow some balls and ban rooney­ for diving in the box every weekend

N 29
maybe you are right

I think Carlton cole and Defoe are better CF than­ heskey
and englan are going to beat Croatia cause­ England are the best team in the world cup qual

What do the managers see in Heskey that the fans miss?­ I can't believe how highly this guy is rated

No. 25

I agree with lennon and young on the wings as­ they have both shown enough hunger, but gerrard and­ lampard in centre - sorry mate but that just dont work­ as we have seen many many times before, as neither of­ them want to take the holding midfield role they both­ just want to go forward and when the attack then breaks­ down they both leave us short.

rooney didin't want to cheat he fall down and the­ pen was given he didin't div

@#$%s! What do you Know about football. Defoe is too­ short. How can he score with his head. England need­ muscular men like heskey. Croatia will beat England if­ short man starts. Bet my life savings on this

What is going on with this England team,they got a­ lucky penalty and a superb goal from Defoe,he is the in­ form man so why keep playing Heskey,the team are only­ average at the moment,a severe test against Croatia­ will tell us how good they really are,and then there is­ Spain they spanked Belgium 5 - 0 this is a truely­ talented side and must be in with a shout for the World­ cup along with Brazil again.We play the same way in­ every game,you know what is coming next so the­ opposition do as well.We might scrape to the last 8 or­ even a lucky semi final but you can forget about­ winning that is for sure.

gerrard and lampard sould play in a CM position
young­ and lennon on the wings

Kevin, when has Gerrard made a great performance for­ England? Answer: He hasn't. Rooney? goes missing­ for 5-6 games then scores from a header or dives for a­ pen. Shouldn't blame only Johnson for the goal­ either, what was Lescott doing marking the scorer?

Absolutely Ridiculous - I can even remember the last­ time Heskey got near the goal let alone score.

Sinc­ Defoe this year is stronger, faster, and knows exactly­ where the back of the bet is HTF is capella not picking­ him?

As fo the opinion that he is best used as a sub­ for the last 25 mins or so, i can see where that­ opinion comes from, but I have also seen this season­ how he has played for tottenham, and he has been­ scoring all through the game not just the last 25 mins­

And as others have said if capella really wants to­ play a big target man there are 2 other players doing­ much better than Heskey is at the moment.

I guess we­ will have to just watch in agony on Wednesday every­ time heskey screws up

But seriously Glen Johnson -­ AGAIN?