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Definitely. The true successor to Cole we hope.

Wilshire was looking brilliant 3 years ago. Midfield dynamo with a Barca-like short passing game. But since then game has gone to bits. Gets fouled a lot, but falls when not fouled, always complaining and opponents wind him up with ease.

Smalling so poor, that average Jonny Evans plays ahead of him. Not so long ago we had the pick of King, Keown, Ferdinand, Terry and Campbell. We're surprisingly not strong in CB's at the moment.

England, touch wood, have settled down nicely. Sturridge, Shaw, and one or two others have been progressive and created already. Foster done well so far. After all the understandable over the top doom and gloom, anger and over-analysis, it's good to get a game to try out players and tactics...