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CHRIS DUNLAVY underlines the reasons why the World Cup remains a distant hope for Roy Hodgson’s severely limited squad

WHEN the last Englishman standing at a World Cup is Shola Ameobi, you know you’ve got problems.
As the Geordie Nigerian (years at Newcastle: 14; goals for Newcastle: 79) was limbering up for the last 16, England’s players were jetting back across the Atlantic, their contribution to the samba party akin to turning up with four cans of Carling and skulking off at 9pm.
 Brazil: “You off already?”
 England: “Yeah, sorry we cou...

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