Source: Liverpool_Echo
Nigel Martyn: Leighton Baines can still make England World Cup trip
IF you were in Fabio Capello’s position, knowing that your place at next summer’s World Cup finals was secure, what would you do?
Would you use England’s final group games to hone the talents of the 11 men that would be expected to start the first match in South Africa? Or would you experiment and give some players on the fringe a chance to shine?
Should Capello opt for the latter, he must give Leighton Baines an opportunity to see if he can carry his top class club form on to the biggest stage of all as, in my view, he’s playing well enough to book himself a ticket to the World Cup.
Ashley Cole is first choice and Wayne Bridge has long been his back up but Leighton is improving all the time; you can tell that he finally feels settled at Everton now after making a slow start.
Perhaps it was a shock for him at first, seeing the standard that he had to play at, but as the team has improved, so has he and he has played a vital role in our recent turnaround in fortunes.
