Dyer on the bench again

By Matthew Jones
June 8 2002

After Trevor Sinclair's performance against Argentina, he looks the likely man to replace Owen Hargreaves for the game against Nigeria. This obviously means that Kieron Dyer will be on the bench again.

Trevor Sinclair's performance against Argentina looks set to condemn Kieron Dyer to another bench start when England play Nigeria on Wednesday.
Sinclair replaced the injured Owen Hargreaves after 19 minutes of yesterday's crucial clash.
And the West Ham man turned in a sparkling performance as England avenged their defeat against the South Americans at France '98.

The former QPR man is now many peoples' favourite to be handed the left midfield role when Sven Goran Eriksson's troops play the Super Eagles next week.

Hargreaves looks set to be ruled out of that game after limping out of the game against Argentina.
Eriksson has confirmed Hargreaves has not suffered any fracture to his leg, but said: "I don't think he will be ready for Nigeria."