I'm pretty sure that Zaha wanted to play centre forward for England U21s. I believe he may even have played there a couple of times for them.

Red and Blue Army!

As someone with coaching experience, I think that, for most squads, having good leadership – in the form of a captain or veteran players – makes a huge difference. I fear there's no one on the squad who fits the bill at the moment.

Wilf can be inspirational, but from the comments already made, he surely lacks the qualities expected of a match captain. But I share what was his obvious frustration with the Chelsea game. Hardly any service and he along with Ayew moved to and fro across the pitch, trying to close down - reminiscent of those early computer ping pong games! Hodgson has had some successes with the defensive system, but when it doesn't work, it's like watching the Alamo. No shots on target again? Just feel it's rather sad that football has reached the point where the big boys have so much money, so much better players, that the game USUALLY hardly rates as a contest. Yes, it's great when the big boys do come unstuck.