Why I Strongly Feel Ross Barkley Must Start for England at the World Cup

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Published: May 10, 2014

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Roy Hodgson announces his provisional England squad for the World Cup at the start of next week, and he certainly has some very big decisions to make.

I feel strongly that he needs to opt for youth wherever possible. If Hodgson does not think that his side can keep the ball well in games—which I personally don’t think they will be able to—then he needs to select a young team so they can make up for that deficiency with their energy and running.

England are not the best at retaining the ball, and if you don’t do that well then you need a youthful team that is able to cover as much ground as possible, in order to both prevent the other team picking you apart and then enable you to create chances on the counter.

So I would be very careful, especially considering the hot and humid conditions we are likely to see in Brazil, about picking older players that struggle with that task.

England have a good spine of players who have the requisite experience anyway, with Joe Hart in goal, Gary Cahill and Phil Jagielka in defence and Steven Gerrard anchoring things from midfield. They are all players who have been there for a number of years and can provide that leadership example required so, of the other older players available to Hodgson, I would probably only take Ashley Cole on top of that.

Luke Shaw is a terrific prospect but, when it comes down to a last-16 match or a quarter-final and Leighton Baines is unavailable due to injury or suspension, you have to ask the question; would you want Cole or Shaw coming in at left-back?

The way Cole has played in the last few weeks for Chelsea, playing so well having been sidelined for so long, I would want him for a big game.

If Cole hadn’t played at all in the last months it would be a tricky decision because you wouldn’t know the condition he is in and how he would cope. However, to come back and play as he did ag...
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