Maybe Sven should have announced he was leaving before every squad he picked. Can you believe it? Quite exciting, but also quite worrying.

Let's look at the facts. Three shocks, I suppose. This from a man who has had zero selection shocks in his whole tenure.

First shock, Stewart Downing. Well less of a shock and more than anything, logical really. The best naturally left footed wide player we have.

Second, Aaron Lennon. Great season under his belt. But is he really better than Shaun Wright-Phillips? Whom, I bet is really regretting moving to Stamford Bridge.

Thirdly (and most shockingly) Theo Walcott. Sven you are either a mad man or a genius.

On the Walcott selection. Imagine this, Rooney doesn't make it and Owen breaks down in mid tournament. At this stage Defoe has come in (for Rooney) pre tournament. So we have Crouch, Defoe, Cole (why has he now being considered a striker?) and Walcott.
Sven wants to start with two strikers, what does he do?

Well, I think he picks Cole on the left (as usual) and then selects Defoe and Crouch to start. Agree?

Based upon the above (which we think is pretty much on the money), why has Walcott been picked ahead of Defoe? No sense to it.

Sven, please prove us all wrong!

P.S. if you didn't guess already, the Road Runner reference is because he is quite fast. Must have been tempting for Sven based upon his only selection criterion!