Kazakhstan being, 'no pushovers'; what planet­ are you on? Ranked 131st in the world, alongside those­ footballing giants of Namibia and Kuwait, and you­ expect us to swallow that piece of outrageous spin?­ England will beat Kazakhstan comfortably, by a minimum­ of 4 goals - and i don't even get paid for that­ prediction!

Hang on, isn't this coming from Paul Parker who­ never put a foot wrong? Oh no, wait a minute, he did,­ specifically in the world cup semi final against the­ Germans, when not only did he put a foot wrong, he­ turned his back and created a goal - for Germany.­ Legend

All you 'intelligent' people who slate Paul for­ his articles and opinions should step back and take a­ look at themselves. Nobody asked you all to:- [A] read­ the article and [B] comment on it. Especially if you­ have any integrity and mean the nonsense you post.
if­ you dont like his articles be clever and dont read­ them. They may not be inspired or revolutionary but I­ dont mind them - football is about different opinions­ after all - good or bad. what i dont understand is why­ some people waste energy having such strong opinions­ about someone or something they clearly dont like or­ have an interest in. Get a life

Both Great players but both play a similar role is why­ it dont work, maybe Gerrard could play a more forward­ role like he does sometimes for Liverpool either that­ or they dont play together!

doubt it!

Komedy disarray as usual among ze poor England fanz­ :-)

Lets face it this should be a game England win 6 -­ 0 but instead they pick team that has not worked in the­ past, does not work now and will never work in the­ future :-)

Carry On Football !

It brings tears of­ laughter to this foreigners eyes :-)

Lets be relaistic, Both Lampard and Gerrard are great­ players, but for me its got to be one or the other, and­ Gerrarrd has to be in the starling XI, Lamps on the­ bench! No one in the england team, can do what Gerrard­ does!

while i can't understand why paul parkers opinion­ is valued by eurosport so often on this occasion i­ partly agree with him. team should be picked on merit.­ keep the midfield the same but i'd play gerrard­ with rooney up front. gerrard and rooney can both­ score and while i like defoe for portsmouth he­ frustrates me every time he plays for england because­ he misses too many simple chances. crouch only really­ any use for holding ball up or when style needs to be­ changed. his height is his disadvantage, it slows him­ down and he cant jump without climbing on defenders­ shoulders so gives away too many freekicks. plus for­ someone so tall he can't head the ball properly. ­ look to carew and koller for examples of using height­ to advantage

I agree with lordofjapes - Paul Parker's opinions­ are empty and dull. After all the criticism of team­ selection, nice to see him u-turn into predicting a 3-0­ win.......

Wtf does Paul Parker know, its exciting i feel,­ Cappello will get the best out of both of them!

Wtf does Paul Parker know!!!

I didn't realise Paul Parker has managed a team to­ three consecutive champions league finals, won premier­ league titles in two different countries with four­ different teams, took a team on an unbeaten run of 54­ games and 964 minutes without conceding a goal.

Oh no­ wait that's Fabio Capello!!!

So easy to get­ confused when Parker is clearly such a football manager­ genius

I see the Paul Parker appreciation society are out in­ force today!!! Numpties!!!!

ther're playing @#$% kazakhstan at home in a­ qualifier not brazil in the world cup final who cares

Spain showed in the Euros that you don't need to­ start your best players, but strategically bring them­ off the bench to finish off matches like Fabregas did. ­ In a game against Kazakhstan it shouldn't really be­ important, but this is the kind of system i think­ Capello will consider in the bigger games.

I agree about Paul Parker i am a qpr fan so for me he­ was a legend but he hasn't really done much since­ retiring apart from slate everybody, As for England­ Midfield of Walcott, Barry Gerrard. Rooney, Crouch­ & Defoe up front we're at home against a so­ called weeker nation. Go for Goals!!!!!

He's off again!!!

I don't think I've ever­ read one of Paul Parker's (EX England legend, best­ defender in the world, font of all footballing­ knowledge) 'columns' where he's actually­ said something positive about anyone.

Please let's­ not forget when he turned his back on the ball in­ Italy.

I've said it many, many, many times before­ ... 24 carat @#$%.

Can't Yahoo / Eurosport find­ anyone better than that useless little @#$%?

Parker for Spurs manager!

@#$%

But the thing also is despite i doubt personnaly they­ can play together cause its like having two captains on­ the same boat, ot 2 cooks in the same kitchen i belive­ in fabio capello. He is one of the rare managers that­ can make them work togetehr... and iam looking forward­ to see. The reality is that u cannot just drop one of­ them its impossible... cause for the world cup (and­ capello still has time for experimenst) u cant sit one­ of them out the games cause they are game changers­ both. so england would be better off having succeed to­ make thm play togetehr well than not succeeding. To­ have a chance to clinch the world cup capello needs to­ explore and try something that work out so they can­ both play, then only then england would be truly­ unstoppable.