Hodgson Rules Out New Faces

England boss Roy Hodgson has spoke out on his plans for the squad for the World Cup, which will be good news for some Saints players, but bad news for others.

Roy Hodgson has said he will not be bringing in any new faces for the run in to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, the England manager has one more friendly against Denmark in March before he has to name a provisional 30 man squad for the tournament.

Speaking to BBC Sport Hodgson said.

"I've been looking at players for 19 months so I don't think there's too many who will come out and really surprise me,"

"I don't expect in the coming months to be watching games and suddenly find players I have never really thought of jump out at me and prove to be a lot better."

"It's a question of concentrating fully on the players I have already watched and know about.

"I'm trying to make certain I've got a very good grip on those players and where they are form-wise when it comes to picking the squad in May."

This is good news for the three Saints players who featured against Chile & Germany, they are firmly in the sights of the England boss and it now seems to be a case of putting in the performances that will convince him that they should be on the plane.

However it could be bad news for Nathaniel Clyne, James Ward Prowse & Luke Shaw, all three would have harboured hopes of perhaps being surprise call ups for the full squad and although Hodgson hasn't quite slammed the door shut just yet, his words make it quite clear he is concentrating on the players that he has seen perform in an England shirt already, so it would take something exceptional by any player not yet selected by Hodgson to force his way into the squad, or of course a serious injury in a key position, that would very likely open the door for Shaw or Clyne if the likes of Cole, Baines or Walker were to be injured, but possibly not JWP with the plethora of midfielders available to call upon.

Of course there is a long way to go before that provisional squad is selected, but there is every motivation for at least 3 of our squad to keep reproducing their form of late and get themselves into the final squad for Brazil

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