The Shawn Wright-Phillips for Starting XI Campaign

Ahh yes, the age old sucking up the boss trick. Not sure if it is employed rapidly though but a decent bet's on it happening pretty often with Becks still retaining his captaincy and remarkably his starting XI spot after everyone short of the tea lady in the dressing room out-performing him.

Shaun Wright-Phillips' (SWP) arrival as a sub in last night's friendly against Uruguay for Becks raised some potent questions, the most notable being - 'why in the name of Ivan Campo's afro is Becks still starting?' SWP made things happen when Becks was ball watching with a cup of tea in hand for the whole first half. He sent a brilliant ball through for Gary Neville and supplied the winning cross for Joe Cole. What did Becks had to show for it? A yellow card, a missed sitter and a sassy hair cut.

Sure SWP is about the size of a underfed jalapeno but hey, Maradona proved that the lack of size matters little.

Or at least he used to prove that theory.

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