FIFA World Cup 2010: Joe Hart Is England’s New No. 1, but He Needs Club Football

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Published: July 2, 2010

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The fallout of England’s exit from the World Cup last Sunday has already lead to much speculation about how the team must change in order to progress.

 

High up the agenda for most is the introduction of younger players to replace the older, more established names who have failed once more at international level. 

 

Of all the names put forward as part of England’s future there has been universal agreement over who should be England’s next goalkeeper: Joe Hart.

 

Aged 23, Hart was the second-youngest player in Fabio Capello’s World Cup squad but didn’t see any action in South Africa as third-choice goalkeeper.

 

However, that is certain to change now with the vast majority of pundits pencilling Hart in as England’s new No 1 and including him in all visions of what England’s team will look like at the 2014 World Cup.

 

Hart’s competition for the goalkeeping spot in South Africa should now disappear in front of his eyes as he jumps to the head of the queue.


Robert Green started the first match against the USA but produced an absolute howler in letting a weak Clint Dempsey strike creep through his hands and over the line.


Green was replaced in the very next game and Capello’s, along with the English public’s, faith looks likely to have been lost in him.

 

However, at 30 years old and still young in goalkeeping terms, Green should still feature in the England set-up going forward, albeit as back-up, due to the lack of quality English goalkeepers currently in the game.

 

David James, who kept goal for England’s last three games in South Africa, will be 40 next month and is due to start the season in the Championship with Portsmouth and should now onl...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - International Football

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