Corner of a foreign field
So Sven's announced his squad. Nothing particularly contentious in there, perhaps a bit of a concern that we seem lacking in central defenders, but otherwise no real shocks. It looks reasonably sound on paper, so fingers crossed will do well.

From a Newcastle point of view, I'd have liked Kieron Dyer to spend the summer recuperating, and hope that he doesn't get injured, but conversely am sorry for Jonathan Woodgate, who deserved to feature having played so well for us when he's been fit this season. So well, in fact that Ben even goes so far as to call him our most influential player. Not certain about that, but only because I think we lose any semblance of an attacking threat without Bellamy.

Only time will tell if England have the quality of players to progress in Euro 2004, and provided they avoid any major injuries they certainly have a chance, but then so do Spain, Portugal, France, Holland, Germany, Italy and the Czeck Republic. Truly an open field. I just hope the tournament lives up to the hype.
- posted by Paul @ 1:46 pm