"Is Darren Bent sat at home hoping Wayne Rooney gets injured so he can get on the plane?"

Double edged sword as he'd love to go to the World Cup but surely Rooney is the best chance of England winning, what does everyone think?

I agree with Matt – Darren Bent must be devastated. I think he's still held in the same esteem as Andy Johnson and Kevin Philips were – can score domestically but in the big game in International football they simply haven't had the experience and do not possess the quality – saying that I don't see how Heskey has been selected either.

It's still a strong squad, and as everyone has said, players like Gerrard should always be in. I just wonder what impact it has on the likes of Dawson and Bent, who were led to believe that they can earn themselves a World Cup place, have had brilliant seasons, and then seen their places taken by players who have not been anywhere near as strong this season.

If I had the job then I am pretty sure that the squad would not have looked very different at all, bar maybe two or three changes. I think it is good that Capello is a strong enough character to change his mind but, like in the case of David Beckham, I think he now needs to come out and clarify his position. If he now intends to select players he trusts, that is fine. For me though, he needs to come out and state it.

I'm puzzled by the Wright-Philips inclusion though. I would've def taken either Johnson or Walcott ahead of him but at the end of the day we don't see what's been going on behind the scenes. Capello's obviously seen things we haven't. That can be applied to Parker aswell.

I think he took Warnock because Leighton Baines told the world he gets homesick and didn't know if he could handle 6 weeks away. If I take off my biased Evertonian, and put on my neutral, hat I would've taken Warnock anyway, he's a bit more versatile.

Scott Parker is admittedly someone Capello does not seem to rate: he saw no action in either of the tuneups. Most of the other options are either unproven (Johnson, Cahill), redundant (Bent, with DeFoe on the squad) or simply not good enough (by all accounts, Huddlestone was unimpressive, especially in his final chance versus Japan).

I confess that Michael Carrick and Stephen Warnock's inclusion puzzle me. Overall, though, it seems that Capello feels confident asking more of the veterans, given the shambles that the jam-packed Premier League schedule has made of his carefully laid plans. In the face of such chaos, looking to youthful and untested players would, in effect, be akin to falling on his own sword.