Can Wayne Rooney, David Beckham and Frank Lampard play for England in Euro 2008 Qualifiers?

Right know, all three guys are down and out.

Surprisingly though, despite the fact that Wayne Rooney, David Beckham and Frank Lampard are not playing for England in the Euro 2008 qualifiers, the England team is doing just fine behind their less-heralded replacements, lifting the team up to 3-0 consecutive wins.

So what does this mean for England's power trio? Will England coach Steve McLaren realize that they don't need these three huge egos after all to conquer the Euro 2008 qualifiers? If that's the case, then all of these egomaniacs thinking they're God's gift to England football should worry.

With his star players missing, England head coach Steve McClaren ignored more predictable replacements and brought in more virtual unknowns like Gareth Barry, Emile Heskey and Shaun Wright-Phillips.

He was rewarded by consecutive wins at Wembley that revived England's chances of reaching next year's tournament, and his chances of keeping his job.

McLaren tried to combine all of his powerhouse players into the England contingent and failed to win games, miserably. Now that some of them are gone, McLaren came up with what appears to be a stronger team that wins games in streaking fashion. Go figure.

Meanwhile, as good as England has been without their star players, Italy is under pressure to qualify for Euro 2008 after Scotland, of all teams, pulled away with a surprising win over France.

Scotland now has 21 points to lead Group B while Italy sits second with 20. France sits on third with 19 points, probably looking to just head-butt an Italian to the ground.

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