England manager Steve McClaren has selected Spurs quartet Paul Robinson, Ledley King, Jermaine Jenas and Jermain Defoe for the squad to face Macedonia and Croatia in Euro 2008 qualifiers.

The main talking point is the continued exclusion of David Beckham. I’d include him, but only as a reserve. As I think the team is more settled without him.

Good to see Scott Parker included. He’s having a fine season with Newcastle. He’s actually in my fantasy team and has been earning me quite a few points and in turn increasing in value!

Goalkeepers: Robinson (Tottenham), Foster (Man Utd), Kirkland (Liverpool);

Defenders: G Neville (Man Utd), P Neville (Everton), Brown (Man Utd), Terry (Chelsea), Ferdinand (Man Utd), Carragher (Liverpool), King (Tottenham), A Cole (Chelsea), Bridge (Chelsea);

Midfielders: Lampard (Chelsea), Gerrard (Liverpool), Jenas (Tottenham), Carrick (Man Utd), Richardson (Man Utd), Downing (Middlesbrough), Wright-Phillips (Chelsea), Parker (Newcastle);

Strikers: Rooney (Man Utd), Crouch (Liverpool), Johnson (Everton), Defoe (Tottenham)

Robbie Keane scored the goal to send Spurs into the group stages of the UEFA Cup after a tough game against the Czechs.

Overall the team played well, but still it looks like it will take some time for the players to get used to each others games.

Spurs manager Martin Jol told the club’s site: “It was important to get through to the next round. We started off well and had a couple of chances.

“But then you felt it might be one of those games again only we were leading from the first leg.

“They played better in the second half than they did in Prague but we had five or six good opportunities before Robbie did what we know he can.”

Striker Robbie Keane has revealed that when he was young he used to have nightmares about not scoring goals!

Keane told The Independent: “We know we have players in the team who will always score goals. It’s just a matter of getting that first one and then to kick on from there.

“I’ve gone past the stage of worrying about not scoring. When I was a kid I used to worry about it too much and end up having nightmares about it. We know we are not performing as well as we would like to. But we also know we are doing the right things.

“In football you need a bit of luck and at the moment we haven’t had that.

“I feel very good and quite sharp and it is just a case of getting a tap-in or something like that to set me off. As strikers we take the responsibility for scoring because that’s our job. But the players we have in the squad, the talented midfield players, they know they need to score goals as well.”