Despite believing he has shortcomings as a manager, I've always thought Hodgson was an honourable and honest bloke. He said he didn't pick Rio for 'footballing reasons', nothing to do with the media claim that it had to be Terry or Ferdinand...fair enough, despite Rio being the best footballing centre back we have, let's give Hodgson the benefit of the doubt, move on and get behind England etc. But with the loss of Cahill and then bringing in a virtual rookie at full back, the 'fotballing reasons' excuse has totally been blown out of the water...bang goes Hodgson's credibility. Fergie's statement didn't surprise me, he will always put Utd first before country, many fans of all clubs think that way too. I'm not sure when Fergie made that statement, as Rio actually played 3 games in 10 days towards the end of the season in April...in The Euros England have play something like 3 games in 9 days. Kelly won't even play if Johnson stays fit, and if he did get injured Jones can play there. Hodgson has lost a lot of his integrity over this matter.