Parker or Barry? The argument goes on!

Well after Scotty was efficiently anonymous against the might of Wales, Gareth Barry pulled on the armband, led England impressively, made two absolutely delicious passes, the like of which Parker dreams, deflected a certain Ghanaian goal over the bar and so so so nearly got in the block when Gyan scored that late, late, late equalizer after turning Kryton inside out.

Ghana, of course made the quarter final of the last World Cup, and with better luck would have made it to the semifinal; the Wales team that Parker faced would struggle to finish in a play off position in the Championship!

So who is the better bet for England? West Ham fans will ridicule the comparison but Man City chose to buy Barry and could have had Parker for considerably less - and presumably there was a reason!

Tonight's performance showed that Gareth is not the mug that some seem to want him to be. I'm glad Scotty wasn't out there because the Black Stars were taking no prisoners in the tackle but I do wonder how well he would have coped against obviously superior opposition to the Dai Ordinaries he faced on Saturday!