HODGSON’S ENGLAND START: ALMOST A PERFECT 10

ROY HODGSON is the first England manager since Graham Taylor to remain undefeated in his first 10 matches. In that time he has picked 36 players, including substitutes, and nobody has been ever-present. Unsurprisingly, Sven Goran Eriksson, who enjoyed making maximum changes in friendlies, selected the most players in his first 10 games. Terry Venables was also undefeated in his first 10 games but that includes the void match away to Ireland. He lost his 11th match to Brazil.

ROY’S ENGLAND RECORD

P10 W7 D3 L0 F20 A5

ROY’S ROTATION

10 (times picked) None.

9 Joleon Lescott (including 2 as substitute), James Milner (1).

8 Steven Gerrard, Joe Hart, Alex OxladeChamberlain (3), Theo Walcott (7), Danny Welbeck (2).

7 Glen Johnson, Ashley Young.

6 Andy Carroll (3), Scott Parker, John Terry. 5 Leighton Baines, Ashley Cole, Jermain Defoe (3), Phil Jagielka (1). 4 Tom Cleverley, Jordan Henderson (4), Wayne Rooney (1). 3 Gary Cahill, Michael Carrick (1), Frank Lampard. 2 Ryan Bertrand (2), Adam Johnson (1), Kyle Walker. Jack Butland, Stewart Downing, Rob Green,

1 Phil Jones, Gareth Barry (1), Martin Kelly (1), Aaron Lennon (1), Jake Livermore (1), John Ruddy (1), Jonjo Shelvey (1), Daniel Sturridge (1).