im a wolves fan,and this young defender his very strong­ ive seen him play 3 times and hes had man of the match­ everytime,very good in the air and i ent seen him put a­ foot wrong since hes been with us,anyone who sais he­ shouldnt be their then dont knock him till youve seen­ him,he will do for us anyway,,WE R WOLVES WE R WOLVES

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i reply to smoggie yes i rate wheater and downing they­ are good kids and deserve there chance as do the villa­ kids that are coming thou thats fair play to martin­ oneil what a fantastic manager he is ,all the young­ players that he has brought in at villa and they can­ only get better with him there and long may he stay­ there .But this young lad Mancienne needs to step up­ now and take this chance as its only a friendly and­ this is where they can learn as kids for later years in­ life ,its no good playing the same team every game in­ friendlys when we have these kids knocking on the doors

They took a risk on Theo, it paid off against Croatia.­ Give this lad a chance. At least he is not pulling out­ with injuries

put woodgate in aswell as mancinene n king cme on­ capello make da rite choice

yo alan youre dumm arsenal have got english players­ wilshere,randall,hoyte,simpson,wallcott,ramsey,gibbs­ and many more

mancienne is a star of the future for chelsea.

Yes all these young English players thrive at the­ Arsenal in how many years there what English players­ has Wenger brought through ? because there ain't­ any in the team at the moment and don't bother say­ Walcott because he was bought from Southampton

Smoggie, you mean you have to sit and watch that tosh­ week in week out? - you poor sod!

Mike Mancienne will go a long way. He is sensible­ unassuming and very talented. We need more players like­ him playing for England. Roll over, Rio!

Peter S ever seen Downing play week in, week out? I­ think not

Remember that Mancienne is contracted to Chelsea &­ as such will be going nowhere once his contract with­ Wolves ends. I believe that this young central defender­ is being groomed as the eventual replacement for John­ Terry.

Smoggie, there's loads of players who have been­ playing "alright" this season - that­ doesn't mean they have the right to play for­ England. As for Downing, it's got nothing to do­ with form - he has always been and always will be @#$%.

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Pity that our goalkeepers are not in form this year.­ Hart should be dropped as he has had some very large­ scores against him like 4 goals let in! Going of the­ subject of England, Hart should be stood down in­ preference for young Schmicheal at Man city.

In reply to Heine,
how come the fantastic arsenal­ youngsters do not get regular games in the 1st team if­ they are so good? & you'd risk them for their­ country?

No doubt that England are going to LOSE and Germany are­ going to WIN

so robert.hamlett, you would pick Macienne - an­ unproven Premiership defender(debateable since he's­ never played in the Prem and wont any time soon at­ Chelsea) ahead of Wheater, who in 44 games has proven­ that not only can he hack it on the Prem could be a top­ defender?

And woody you've seen Downing play twice­ this season congrats to you, I'm sure 2 games makes­ you qualified enough to judge a player, ever thought of­ becoming a scout?, seems you'll be very good at it­ [/sarcasm]

From someone who's seen Downing play­ more than twice this season I admit his form has been­ up and down of sorts this season but recently,­ Downing's been playing alright and I also believe­ if it wasn't for his 2 shocking penalties misses,­ we’d have seen the same Downing that bagged 10 goals­ last season and put in some rather good displays.

Soon he will be calling up the wonderful talents that­ Wenger has been creating. Those boys are nothing short­ of being brilliant.

debatable whether there is a great deal of­ justification for this match. england dont have a­ competitive game for months. they could have used this­ week to give the players a rest and/or catch up any­ outstanding games (e.g. man utd v fulham). players may­ be in fine form now, even play well in the match but it­ will have little or no bearing by the time england play­ a proper match again. the inclusion of a player who is­ on loan and yet to play for 'his' club exposes­ the depth of the farce.