What is so hard for the media, other footballers and the England coaches to understand about Ledley King and his most productive natrual position? The man has shown over several seasons that he is one of the top centre backs in Europe and easily one of the most accomplished defenders in the English game, regardless of nationality, and yet the “big club” obsessed media can’t see beyond the end of their Chelsea and Manchester United obsessed noses when it comes to picking England’s centre backs.

No-one can honestly tell me that Ledley King has been inferior to Rio Ferdinand over the past three years and keep a straight face, even top “prankster” Rio himself would be unable to suppress a smile if he actually heard that one being mentioned in a conversation and yet time and again we see England’s most overrated defender playing for his country in his natural position and England’s most unsung defender sitting on the bench or even worse being made to fill in for Owen Hargreaves or whichever other “water carrier” flavour of the month is unavailable in midfield.

Even today we’ve heard Paul Robinson mentioning his club captain as a possibility to step in for Hargreaves in the England midfield and as I was reading it I had to stifle the scream of indignation that was building up inside me. How can we ever expect the general public to open their eyes and begin the clamour to install Ledley in his rightful place alongside John Terry at the heart of England’s defence when even his Spurs teammates are saying he should be used out of position in midfield.

It wouldn’t surprise me at all to see a red shirted clogger like Wes Brown given a go at centre back before King and if so, that would be a complete scandal. Forget bungs, start looking at other managers in English football with even worse (fore)sight than Arsene “Myopia” Wenger.

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