TheFA.com haven’t given a reason for them disappearing from the squad list on their website but with the Carling Cup just a week away it seems that the talented duo have been given the nod to play and Arsenal have recalled them from England with the fixture against West Brom in mind. Certainly it’s unlikely that there are injury problems to blame, with both Bartley and Murphy playing in Mondays excellent 1-0 victory over Stoke City this week.

Kyle Bartley has earnt the right to start a Carling Cup match this season after a year of consistently impressive performances at reserve and youth level, but Rhys Murphy would be a very surprising inclusion with the likes of Gilles Sunu, Sanchez Watt and Nacer Barazite all ahead of him in the pecking order.

Brian Eastick has named 6 of Man City’s highly successful academy in his squad who have been drawn against Uruguay, Uzbekistan and Ghanain the group stage. Despite many star players such as Wilshere, Rodwell and Moses not being involved, there are still a few eyecatching talents in the squad in the form of Kieran Trippier, Matthew James and Gary Gardner worth looking out for.

Here is the revised England squad in full:

• Sam Baldock (MK Dons)
• Febian Brandy (Man Utd)
• Matthew Briggs (Fulham)
• Adam Clayton (Man City)
• Gary Gardner (Aston Villa)
• Gavin Hoyte (Arsenal)
• Matthew James (Man Utd)
• Martin Kelly (Liverpool)
• Paul Marshall (Man City)
• Ben Mee (Man City)
• Alex Nimely (Man City)
• Jon Obika (Yeovil Town – on loan from Spurs)
• Nana Ofori (Chelsea)
• Mark Oxley (Hull City)
• Elliot Parish (Aston Villa)
• Jordan Parkes (Watford)
• Jason Steele (Middlesbrough)
• Kieran Trippier (Man City)
• Andrew Tutte (Man City)
• Josh Walker (Middlesbrough)
• Michael Woods (Chelsea)

Holland U21 0 – 0 England U21

In a very poor display of football England started their new season by salvaging a draw in a toothless game lacking excitement or cutting edge. England lined up with a negative 4-5-1 formation with James Vaughan isolated up front as the lone target man and it never looked like it would pay off as the more attacking Holland side dominated possession without ever really troubling Scott Loach in the 1st half.

The way Pearce sets up his side tries to mimick the way that the England first team do but fails to do so as all the creativity that the England team has with the likes of Gerrard, Lampard and Barry the England U21 replaces with workman-like and solid players such as Rose, Rodwell and Cattermole who are good without the ball but often disappoint with it. Not only that, rather than play a proper second striker as Capello does with Rooney, the U21s chose to use Delph, a very talented player in his own right, but very much a central midfielder who never looked like someone who was operating in the hole.

The best threat England could come up with throughout the whole game was a storming Micah Richards run and one-two that left the Man City player with a clear view of goal on the edge of the area but his shot was one fitting of a right back and never looked like it would beat Tim Krul.

Their Dutch counterparts were also lacking clear cut chances despite their better possession and were limited to long range strikes at goal, the pick of which was Barazite’s curling effort that whistled past the post in a very poor half from the Arsenal youngster.

Nacer Barazite did start to have a growing influence in the 2nd half though as he started to drift from the target man role he had began the game with. First he set up Emnes for a clear chance that was squandered amid penalty shouts, before seeing a few good efforts test Fielding later in the half. The closest the Dutch came though was through substitute Vurnon Anita whose strike came back off the crossbar as time ran out for both sides to liven up this bore draw.

Jack Wilshere saw his first minutes in an U21 England shirt but saw his debut disrupted by constant substitutions and changes in the position he was expected to play, being forced into three different roles in the half an hour he was on the field of play. I have a feeling that he will be hoping to make the step up to the full England team sooner rather than later as I can’t see Pearce’s brand of football suiting him.

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England U20 5 – 0 Montenegro U20

An entirely different story in the Midlands last night as England finished up comfortable winners over Montenegro in their final warm up game ahead of the U20 World Cup in Egypt next month.

England had already gone close twice and failed to convert a penalty when Manchester United player Febian Brandy finished off a chance created by Vidal to give the England sie the lead. Brandy wasn’t finished there either as he bettered that goal with a stunning volley just before half time to give England a comfortable lead at the break.

It took three minutes to open their account for the 2nd half with another Man Utd prospect Tom Cleverley getting on the scoresheet this time as he found the bottom corner with a low strike. It took over half an hour to further increase the lead with England goalkeeper Rudd having to make a couple of stops himself to ensure the Montenegrins didn’t find a way back into the game.

But with 8 minutes left Tom Cleverley put the game even further beyond the reach of their opponents with a fine goal before Bolton Wanderers forward Tope Obadeyi added to the scoreline in the last minute of the game. Overall a decent workout for Eastick’s team ahead of the real challenge in Egypt.

Montenegro will be the visitors to the Hawthorns next week as England look to form a squad that can challenge the best that the likes of Brazil can offer in the upcoming World Cup. With the finals being held during the English season there will be difficulties securing many players for the tournament but this taster squad shows that there will still be a few starlets on show.

In particular the call up of Jack Wilshere following a scintillating pre-season is both promising and surprising, given that many had assumed Wilshere would be on the bench for the Gunners and so wouldn’t be available for the mid-season World Cup. Welbeck is another welcome addition to the team alongside club colleague Tom Cleverly and I have always liked the look of Villa’s Marc Albrighton who will be with the squad.

The full squad to face Montenegro on Tuesday 11th August:

• Declan Rudd (Norwich City)
• Jason Steele (Middlesbrough)

• Kyle Walker (Sheffield Utd, on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
• Joe Bennett (Middlesbrough)
• Sam Hutchinson (Chelsea)
• Martin Kelly (Liverpool)
• Ciaran Clark (Aston Villa)
• Ben Mee (Manchester City)

• Jordan Henderson (Sunderland)
• Ross Jenkins (Watford)
• Jack Wilshere (Arsenal)
• Marc Albrighton (Aston Villa)
• Tom Cleverly (Manchester Utd)
• Jack Cork (Chelsea)
• Adam Clayton (Manchester City)

• Sam Baldock (MK Dons)
• Danny Welbeck (Manchester Utd)
• Hal Robson-Kanu (Reading)