Owen overlooked

Michael Owen will not be representing England in the forthcoming world cup qualifiers against Kazakhstan and Belarus.

Although he has hit the back of the net 5 times in 7 outings, this seemingly isn’t enough for Capello.

“Is he in good form now? He’s scoring but it’s not enough to score goals. Sometimes I see games where a player has not played for 89 minutes and then scores a goal. It’s not enough. Goals are very important but not only goals.”

I’d like Mr Capello to show me another England striker with a consistent hit rate of 1 in 2 for both club and country, even when his club is a disorganised rabble like Newcastle United?