Harry Kane and Daniel Sturridge? Wayne Rooney and Danny Welbeck? Roy Hodgson has eight strikers to 選ぶ from... but who should be IN or OUT of the England squad?

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Roy Hodgson is 持つ／拘留するing his cards の近くに to his chest with England’s squad 予定 to be 発表するd this week.

England 会合，会う Lithuania at Wembley in Euro 2016 qualifying on March 27 before travelling to the Juventus Stadium in Turin for a friendly with Italy four days later.

The last time England played was in 中央の-November, when they （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Scotland and Slovenia with Wayne Rooney, Danny Welbeck, Rickie Lambert and Saido Berhaino.

Yet the 競争相手s have arrived. Harry Kane, Daniel Sturridge, Charlie Austin and Danny Ings are の中で those that could be selected, and Hodgson is 始める，決める to 選ぶ four from the eight 利用できる.

So, stick or 新たな展開? 井戸／弁護士席, here are the numbers that may sway Hodgson’s 決定／判定勝ち（する） one way or another.

England captain Wayne Rooney, pictured celebrating against Scotland, looks a certainty to be 選ぶd

Harry Kane, Tottenham Hotspur

Against 兵器庫 on February 7, Kane 得点する／非難する／２０d twice in 前線 of watching England 経営者／支配人 Hodgson to 勝利，勝つ the north London derby.

It was deja vu on March 8, when the 21-year-old 追加するd two more against Queens Park 特別奇襲隊員s yet again in 前線 of the England 経営者／支配人.

If that doesn’t 納得させる, perhaps these 統計（学） will:

? Only Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo (both 41) have 得点する／非難する／２０d more than Kane (26) in all 競争s this season

? Only Sergio Aguero and Diego Costa (both 17) have more 首相 League goals but Kane (16) did not start a game until November 9

? Kane has 得点する／非難する／２０d 14 in his last 13 首相 League games and became the fourth player in history to 得点する／非難する／２０ in six 連続した away games

? His goals have 与える／捧げるd a staggering 19 points in the 首相 League this season

And we could go on. Kane is used to 主要な a 4-2-3-1 at Tottenham, and would have to adapt to a 共同 in Hodgson’s classic 4-4-2 midfield diamond 形式.

Even so, the question is not should Hodgson 選ぶ the highest 得点する／非難する／２０ing Englishman, but rather how c ould he not?

VERDICT: SHOULD GO

Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域s Queens Park 特別奇襲隊員s goalkeeper Robert Green last week

Kane celebrates one of his many goals this season as the striker gets noticed in the 首相 League

Kane will hope to be 伴う／関わるd in Roy Hodgson's England squad when it is 発表するd this week

Charlie Austin, Queens Park 特別奇襲隊員s

QPR vs Tottenham was 法案d as the 戦う／戦い of the two best kids on the playground yet, with teacher watching on, Kane 影を投げかけるd his 可能性のある England team-mate.

But Austin, seemingly carrying the third-底（に届く） team in the 首相 League, remains the fourth 最高の，を越す goalscorer (15), just one behind the man with better service at White Hart 小道／航路.

Shoot on sight, seems to be the 戦略. Austin 階級s first in total 発射s (61) and 狙撃 正確 (67 per cent) out of the eight 可能性のある England 今後s, having played more minutes (2,169) than any of the others this season.

Austin’s goals have 与える／捧げるd 45 per cent of QPR’s points this season, and 経営者／支配人 Chris Ramsey reckons he and Kane would complement each other in a 前線 two 共同.

VERDICT: SHOULD GO

QPR striker Charlie Austin 得点する／非難する／２０s against 兵器庫 at Loftus Road earlier in March in the 首相 League

England 希望に満ちた Austin is in 論争 to be selected by Hodgson when his squad is 発表するd this week

Wayne Rooney, Manchester 部隊d

Rooney, no longer 存在 制限するd to 深い midfield, was 回復するd to an attacking 役割 recently, and 得点する／非難する／２０d twice against Sunderland to show he hasn’t lost his touch.

He’s 共同の-first for chance 転換 (29 per cent) and 補助装置s (four), and Hodgson 以前 発表するd he has no 意向 of using him as anything other than a striker.

Was that a bluff? Rooney could still be used as an attacking midfielder or auxiliary 今後 behind two strikers, without wishing to step on Raheem 英貨の／純銀の’s toes as No 10.

Rooney looked comfortable up 最高の，を越す against 兵器庫 on Monday night, 得点する／非難する／２０ing Manchester 部隊d’s only goal in a 2-1 敗北・負かす.

‘He’s our captain and nearly the 記録，記録的な／記録する goalscorer,’ Hodgson said in February. ‘It would take a lot from a 19 or 20-year-old to 取って代わる a man up 前線 with over 100 caps.’

Never say never, but Rooney surely has a place reserved, whether that be as a striker or さもなければ.

VERDICT: SHOULD GO

Wayne Rooney has become the 正規の／正選手 直面する of England and is 始める，決める to be selected once more by Hodgson

Rooney celebrates Ashley Young's ワインing goal at St James' Park for Louis 先頭 Gaal's Manchester 部隊d

Daniel Sturridge, Liverpool

Sturridge is just returning from a thigh and hamstring 傷害 that cost him five months, but has the third best minutes-per-goal 割合 (175) of the eight strikers.

The fit-again Liverpool 今後 started against Blackburn Rovers and Burnley, rather than 英貨の／純銀の 存在 used in the centre, as the youngster had been against Manchester City and Southampton.

緩和 Sturridge 支援する in to middle of Liverpool’s 3-4-3 is only natural, but he should be fit enough to be used 国祭的な this month.

Plenty are calling for England to 可決する・採択する SturriKane, and we know the former Chelsea 今後 has no qualms in developing a 共同, as he showed with Luis Suarez.

Sturridge can create something from nothing, and he and the young Tottenham 今後 could click, if Hodgson fancies it.

VERDICT: SHOULD GO

Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge 長，率いるs his goal against Burnley in the 首相 League at Anfield

The ball nestles in the 支援する of the 逮捕する as Sturridge continues his 回復 from an 傷害 that cost months

Sturridge runs away in 祝賀 after 得点する／非難する／２０ing for Liverpool as he continues his return to fitness

Saido Berahino, West Bromwich Albion

Nobody can say Berahino isn’t a workhorse.

The only player to have featured in all 28 首相 League games, he has an admirable 12 goals and 支配するd 支援する pages when he was selected by Hodgson in November.

Yet he never made it off the 代用品，人s’ （法廷の）裁判 against Slovenia or Scotland, and it led to a run of eight games without a goal for West Brom.

He broke that duck against West Ham with an equaliser on New Year’s Day, before letting his 失望／欲求不満 out on poor, old Gateshead with four goals in a 7-0 humiliation in the FA Cup third 一連の会議、交渉／完成する.

Hodgson has put plenty of 約束 in his Young Lions 以前, and could 井戸／弁護士席 choose to give the 21-year-old his England debut in March.

But the fight to be Hodgson’s fourth striker arguably 残り／休憩（する）s between Berahino, Ings, Austin and Welbeck. For me, the pendulum swings the way of the QPR striker more than the 残り／休憩（する）.

VERDICT: SHOULD NOT GO

West Bromwich Albion striker Saido Berahino is in 論争 to be selected by England 経営者／支配人 Hodgson

Berahino runs away in 祝賀 after 得点する／非難する／２０ing for West Brom in the 首相 League against Aston 郊外住宅

Berahino could be selected as he continues to show why he deserves a place in the England team

Danny Ings, Burnley

What about the chap 手配中の，お尋ね者 by Liverpool, both Manchester clubs and Real Sociedad?

Ings has 得点する／非難する／２０d nine goals for second-底（に届く） Burnley ? five of them in 2015 alone ? and has the 共同の-most 補助装置s of the lot (four).

Young and English with plenty to 証明する, he’s （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing the 半端物s week in, week out. Perhaps it is that which 納得させるd Louis 先頭 Gaal to send 長，指導者 scout Jim Lawlor to Anfield last week when Burnley were in town.

Sean Dyche fielded the first all-British 首相 League XI in December since 2011, and Ings is の中で those taking his chance in a team that use 類似の 形式s to England ? 4-4-1-1 and 4-4-2.

Ings has 得点する／非難する／２０d four goals in seven games for the England Under-21 team, but a call-up can only come if he 証明するs more worthy than his 競争, and that’s a tall ask.

VERDICT: SHOULD NOT GO... YET

Ings is 存在 looked at by Manchester 部隊d, Manchester City and Liverpool as he is likely to leave Burnley

Danny Welbeck, 兵器庫

Against Slovenia in November, Welbeck 得点する／非難する／２０d twice in the Euro 2016 qualifier as England won 3-1. Sam e again?

He played as a 孤独な striker against his former club at Old Trafford, 得点する／非難する／２０d, and celebrated. 兵器庫 選ぶd for 4-2-3-1 that night, although they tend to alter between 4-1-4-1 and 4-4-1-1 with Olivier Giroud the preferred striker.

But Welbeck 掴むd the day, pouncing on Antonio Valencia’s suicidal 支援する-pass and making no mistake.

Yet this season has not gone によれば 計画（する） for 兵器庫 今後. He’s 階級d last for minutes per goals (379) out of the eight, 同様に as bringing up the 後部 in chance 転換 (11 per cent).

Does he deserve a 位置／汚点／見つけ出す more than Kane, Ings or Austin? Not によれば the 最高位のs.

VERDICT: SHOULD NOT GO

Danny Welbeck trains with 兵器庫 as the 首相 League club look to clinch 支持する／優勝者s League football

Welbeck has had a 下落する in form recently but will be looking to clinch a place in the England team once more

Rickie Lambert, Liverpool

Lambert got 10 minutes against Scotland in November, having gone to Brazil for the 2014 World Cup, hardly getting a look-in.

The 33-year-old’s 最高位のs tell the story better. In 19 外見s in the 首相 League, he 階級s last for goals (2), 発射s (12), and, for a man with 空中の ability, is the only one of the eight to not have 得点する／非難する／２０d a header.

It would be bold to argue those with more than a １０年間 on the Liverpool striker are いっそう少なく worthy to be 含むd in Hodgson’s squad, and it seems Lambert’s time has been and gone.

The consistency of Kane and Austin, の中で others, has blitzed the man on the wrong 味方する of 30, and it’s time for the young 血.

VERDICT: SHOULD NOT GO

Rickie Lambert has 設立する life difficult since joining Liverpool and is ありそうもない to be selected by Hodgson

It would be surprising if Lambert (pictur ed 権利 with Fabio Borini in training) was 選ぶd for the England team

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