FA Made To Wait For Rooney Report

UEFA has delayed giving the Football Association their written reasons for handing England striker Wayne Rooney a three-match international ban.

The FA said in a statement that it had been advised by Europe's governing body that the information may not be provided "for another week at a minimum".
Rooney was suspended after being sent off for assaulting Montenegro's Miodrag Dzudovoic during England's final qualifier this month.
UEFA had been expected to give their reasons by Thursday this week but the FA must now wait longer before deciding whether to challenge the ban.
"Once the reasons are received, The FA will determine on any appeal after discussions with Fabio Capello and Wayne Rooney," read the FA statement.
Rooney stands to miss all three of England's group games at Euro 2012 if the ban is upheld.

Article source - http://news.sky.com/home/article/16096838

Terry row threatens to rip apart England ahead of Euro 2012 Championships

The John Terry race row is in danger of fracturing the England dressing room and presenting Fabio Capello with yet another major problem ahead of the  European Championship. 
The England manager may have lost Wayne Rooney for the three group games in Poland and Ukraine, and if Terry is charged with racially abusing Anton Ferdinand he will be looking for a new captain, possibly even a new centre half. 

But whatever the outcome of the FA inquiry into events at Loftus Road on Sunday, not to mention the police investigation, the situation will have an impact on Capello’s squad.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2053905/John-Terry-row-threatens-rip-apart-England.html#ixzz1byIcK6wF

Capello faces Euro 2012 squad dilemma

England will not have to wait long to find out what they have let themselves in for by qualifying for Euro 2012, as European champions and World Cup holders Spain come to Wembley next month.

The good news - and coach Fabio Capello and members of the Football Association hierarchy were correct to point this out - is that England qualified top of their group and unbeaten after Friday's tempestuous draw in Montenegro.

Yet this appeared a small mercy as Wayne Rooney once again proved he cannot be trusted to control his temper and England were given a good old-fashioned going over for 45 minutes before securing the point required.

England's task of turning themselves from convincing qualifiers to genuine contenders in Poland and Ukraine next summer was arduous enough before Rooney took a kick at Montenegro's Miodrag Dzudovic and was rightly sent off by referee Wolfgang Stark.

Read More - http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/philmcnulty/2011/10/capellos_world_cup_squad_dilem.html

Trapattoni has several injury concerns

There are a number of injury concerns in the Republic Of Ireland soccer squad ahead of their upcoming Euro 2012 Qualifiers against Andorra and Armenia.
Paul McShane will play for the Hull City reserves tonight but is unlikely to travel to meet up with the international squad. He's been out of competitive action with a calf problem.
John O'Shea and Jonathan Walters are carrying knocks. Both played for their clubs in the English Premier League at the weekend.

Read more - http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2011/1003/ireland_euro2012.html