The last desperate act of a finished man

Look at me, I'm really radical. That's what Sven was trying to say when he released the World Cup squad this week.

"You fucking lunatic" is what the rest of the nation thinks. 8 of the squad, have 9 caps between them. One of them, hasn't even played in the Premiership before. Theo Walcott, the 17 year old kid is a gamble which Sven admits he only picked on the morning of the announcement. Astounding. What the fuck has he been doing for the last 4 years then, to have to leave it until an hour before the announcement to consider someone?

I have no problem with Walcott going. I'd have probably taken him. Every squad has room for one wild card. The point Sven is missing, is that he isn't the gamble player at all, because he is only of the 4 strikers, not the wild card 5th. Not only that, but two of the four, have got broken feet, one of which stands no chance of making the cup at all. The third striker (in reality, out first choice!) is Peter Fucking Freak Crouch. If the best we have to offer to the World Cup is that lanky streak of piss, then we shouldn't even be there. This is embarrassing.

Defoe should have been first in the squad of strikers, but he has only made the reserve group, although he will no doubt be going. Darren Bent, the highest English goal scorer this season, hasn't even made it that far. Under normal circumstances, I would never consider him for the national squad, obviously, but when compared to Peter Crouch, Walcott, and two strikers on crutches, he should have been going.

Other omissions include Shaun Wright-Phillips, who Sven says was left out because of lack of games this season. Fair enough (although, he should simply have said he's not up to it...), but Walcott? And what is the point in fucking up everyone else's season by taking everyone off on these ridiculous friendlies, making 147 substitutes in each half, and then taking no notice at all of anything, and making your mind up on the morning of deadline day, with players who have never been near the squad?

It all comes down to the fact he is nothing but a useless chancer. Evidently, he can't see what happens tactically while games are unfolding, and he obviously doesn't understand the game as is played in knock-out tournaments, because the squad he has picked wouldn't have been chosen by a single other person on this island.

The only possible explanation for this bizarre selection is that the Rooney injury is smoke and mirrors, and he isn't injured at all...Perhaps a hidden weapon in Sven's "arsenal"...

Advantage Sweden.