Luke Shaw withdrawn from England u18s squad because of injury from the last u21s game. Feel very sorry for him. What a time to get injured!
Mr Illingsworth thinks there is more to it than an injury: http://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/southampton/fb_news.php?storyid=18447 Whatever the truth in this, he is right about the cover from LM, that needs sorting out.
I don't disagree with you but I thought he had an interesting (and positive) theory on this occasion.
Injured or not, I am slightly surprised that he would go to the U18 squad anyway. But like the Daily Echo, Nick has decided to go with "speculation is rife", when he actually means "I am speculating".
I am so proud...if true, we are now so important that we can withdraw a player from an international squad. We are practically Man United Or Shaw is injured.
Shaw is definetely injured I'm afraid but to what extent I haven't heard. Here's the tweet from the official saints twitter page at the time: 'Luke Shaw has taken a knock and Saints have used all their substitutions so we'll play on with ten men. #saintsfcu21'