Owen Hargreaves could be relegated to the bench for England's Euro 2008 qualifier against little Andorra on Wednesday night.


The Bayern Munich midfielder was one of the few England players to impress in the dire goalless draw with Israel in Tel Aviv on Saturday night.


But under-fire Steve McClaren is reportedly planning to drop Hargreaves for the Group E clash in Barcelona and will instead give Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard one more chance to gel in central midfield.


Lampard, who was doubtful after being struck by a shot from Wayne Rooney during training on Monday, has come under fire for his tepid performances at international level recently.


But McClaren and skipper John Terry both have faith that Lamps will soon rediscover his form and he will have no better opportunity than against the Group E minnows.


McClaren will also draft Stewart Downing in on the left flank while Aaron Lennon will move over to the right wing despite also catching the eye against the Israelis on the left side.


Ashley Cole returns from suspension and is expected to replace Jamie Carragher at left-back, while Phil Neville is also likely to give way to Micah Richards on the right side of defence.


Wayne Rooney is set to retain his place in McClaren's starting line-up as well, with Jermain Defoe to be given the chance to partner the goal-shy striker in place of Andy Johnson.

I couldnt care less how England get on, i really couldnt........as an Englishman, and a footy fan, thats a bit wrong innit?

cant believe all the grief i got when i pointed out england was not very good before, during, and after the world cup.

I'm on 12 hour night shift

cant believe all the grief i got when i pointed out england was not very good before, during, and after the world cup.

i was talking to a couple of lads who like a bet on saturday morning and one of them reckoned england at 4/5 were a fantastic bet to beat israel. i laughed so much a small amount of wee wee came out.

i pointed out that he could actually get better odds on a proper team ( pools ) beating a poor team if he waited till the sunday. i also pointed out that if we was determined to have a bet on the england match he should ask for a price on wayne "mammys boy" rooney getting booked.

andorra have one proffesional footballer. i believe he plays for some team in the spanish second division. its a bit like watching england play peterlee. there must be something else on surely ?

if he didnt play for man utd he would get sent off 5 times a season.

And the rest!!!!

He might be a very very good footballer but he's a little hot headed shithouse!!!!

i backed italy portugal and argentina each way talbot. look up the thread if you dont believe me. then look up the result. portugal placed at 40/1 and italy won it at 14/1. serious profit.

i also said that anyone backing england at 7/1 to win the world cup wanted their head examining and that at double the odds ( 14/1 ) hartlepool to win division 2 was an each way steal as they could not fail to be out of the first 3.

oh and rooney got booked again tonight. if he didnt play for man utd he would get sent off 5 times a season.

heres a couple of questions for yous.

if english players were paid nowt for representing their country do you think they would all turn up ?

would england have had more joy tonight if they had switched to a 2-3-5 formation ?

Am I the only one who thinks that Pools could have played Andorra tonight and got a better result? Even if we had to drop Dimi & Effion, and bring in Jim Provett & David Foley to make it an all English team.

Most over-rated player in world football anyone?

I have had people tell me in all seriousness that this lad is the best player in the world. I have never seen him get hold of an international midfield and dominate it, he isn't good enough. The footballing equivalent of Graeme Hick.