No doubt in their prime Rio has more to his game than JT, but right now I would have Terry ahead of him
It's all a bit irrelevant anyway with terry retiring and Rio seemingly not in Roy's plans
I don't see either as a loss tbh, there time has gone now, and we need to build for the future and both of those signify past failures
And I don't feel our defence is our biggest worry, I see our lack of keeping the ball and movement plus what to do with Rooney as biggest problem right now
Also could Crouchy deserve a recall or what??
Well yea i won't disagree if someone says its time to move on to the next generation for the defence. That is certainly a legitimate suggestion.
But what worries me is that the young/other options are either not first team regular, don't inspire great confidence etc. Lets look at what we have:
Lescott - Personally i think he is too slow for international level and unlike Terry he is very nervy on the ball. Mancini doesn't seem to trust him in big games at the moment even.
Cahill - Arguably the best young defender we have. Fairly quick, comfortable on the ball. Should be starting for England.
Caulkner - The next best young option after Cahill in my opinion. He has impressed in his last two games for Spurs, so i'm hoping that is a sign that ABV will make him a permanent starter now. Potentially Caulker/Cahill could be the partnership that could be starting in Brazil.
Jaigelka - Doesn't always look comfortable bringing the ball out of defence, but along with Lescott is the most experience defender in the country now that Terry is gone and Ferdinand future uncertain.
Would have him the squad for sure, but not as a starter.
Michael Dawson -Always liked the look of him, but he is suffering from lack of first team chances @ Spurs. Could become a England 1st choice if he moves to another club by January who will make him play every week.
Shawcross - Captain of a very physical stoke team. He is certain worth a look in these days to see if he may be international quality.
Micah Richards - Based on how he played in the Olympics as a central defender i think he should be used their more often. He ticks all the bases especially when it comes to pace.
Smalling and Jones - Both of the two United boys have to come back strong from injury, since based on the evidence of last season they haven't stepped up from under-21 level as well as most would have liked.
Keeping the ball is certainly England's biggest problem that needs to be addressed. Which is why whenever Wilshire returns, i believe England should adapt a more 4-3-1-2 formation like this:
----------Cleverley/Shelvey----Carrick-------Wilshire----------------
-------------------------------Gerrard-----------------------------
---------------------Rooney-------------Defoe-----------------------
Such a formation would force us to pass the ball better. Carrick to try and play the role of Pirlo/Xavi for us. While i think youngsters like Cleverley, Shelvey have shown enough this season that they have enough technical ability to make this formation work.
Wing options like Young, Sterling, Lennon, A Johnson, Bertrand, Ox-Chamberlain, Walcott should all be relegated to sub options (depending on who is in form). Since all have pace to burn, but sometimes their end products isn't always consistent enough over 90 minutes.
If England master this possession style of play en route to 2014, then i would say Crouch really wouldn't suite playing for England going forward. Since regardless of how many goals he scores - his style would take us back to the long-ball sickness that we trying to get rid of.
Plus i would say even if we need a plan B option to have a big target man striker, just in case on some day we may be struggling to break down a team. I'd pick Carroll over Crouch.
Still, completely blown out of proportion yet again. He spoke to people like a person and like they were people. He didn't even say what has been reported. The tabloid press really are scum, they'd find a story at the bottom of a pile of ---- if they thought it would make them enough money. 
