England (squad):
Robinson (Tottenham), Foster (Watford), Kirkland (Wigan); Gary Neville (Man Utd), Phil Neville (Everton), Rio Ferdinand (Man Utd), Woodgate (Middlesbrough), Bridge (Chelsea), Terry (Chelsea), Carragher (Liverpool), Dawson (Tottenham), Richards (Man City); Lennon (Tottenham), Gerrard (Liverpool), Hargreaves (Bayern Munich), Carrick (Man Utd), Downing (Midd'boro), Wright-Phillips (Chelsea), Parker (Newcastle), Lampard (Chelsea), Barry (Aston Villa), Barton (Man City), Jenas (Tottenham), Dyer (Newcastle); Rooney (Man Utd), Crouch (Liverpool), Defoe (Tottenham), Johnson (Everton).
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& I thought Johnson was still injured?
But Carson is in the under 21 squad and will get a game, which is maybe better than being on the bench, whereas Kirkland is too old for the U21.
He's just back from injury and is scheduled to play in his first league game since the broken leg this weekend.
He was aiming to make a return in early January in friendlies (German Bundesliga only kicked off last week) but had a set back, but has been in full training the last two weeks - certainly he was at Bayern Munich's training camp in Dubai.
Always criticised him for playing players that aren't the starting 11, rather than use the friendlies to get the core group used to playing alongside one another.