The number of Championship players in the England squad will grow

The count today is TWO.

That is the number of Championship players in the 22-man England squad for the friendly against France this evening.

I'll try and remember to check it for every England game.

The number went up from one originally in the squad (Jay Bothroyd of Cardiff City) to two (Scott Loach of Watford) when Joe Hart had to pull out, having been in injured in Tuesday's training session.

I believe the number of Championship players in the England squad will slowly grow over the coming months and years as the number of foreigners in our Premier League teams continues to grow unabated, with uncaring foreign managers and owners and people in charge of the Premier League who don't care what the England team achieves.

It was forecast all the way back in 2000 by Kevin Keegan when he resigned after losing to Germany in the last match at the old Wembley.

Nobody took any notice then. And they still don't.