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    Square pegs in round holes

    By Dominic Raynor

    Tuesday, February 15, 2005

    Given that virtually every Premiership performance since England's midweek debacle against Holland has served to highlight the shambolic nature of the friendly, Sven-Goran Eriksson must have been delighted when Crystal Palace striker Andrew Johnson failed to do the same against Arsenal on Monday night. The England manager must have feared that a star performance from yet another one of the players he marginalized against the Dutch would deliver a damning verdict on his tactics and selection. As ...

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