Roy Hodgson - My Fake Diary

Wednesday, 5 September 2012

I am adamant that I will not bow to popular pressure and throw out the old guard as World Cup qualification begins on Friday in Moldova.

In, John Terry, Ashley Cole, Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard, I have named four players in my squad with more than 75 caps each, and Wayne Rooney would have been another had he not been injured.

When they let me down, maybe I'll say people were right, but they haven't done that as yet - quite the reverse. Terry and Gerrard were two of the most important people in the Euros.

Unless I find a player who can score a penalty, it will not change!