Tomorrow night the World Cup flops who carried the hopes of a nation on their shoulders this summer, roll back into town and take centre stage of Wembley.Fabio Capello's troops face Hungary, a side ranked significantly lower in the Fifa World Rankings and one that should be tossed a side with little complaint.
However there are new faces in this squad, players who given a good performance could replace some of the World Cup 'stars' on a permanent basis.
Kieran Gibbs and Jack Wilshere are the most exciting of the new inclusions, with the Arsenal youngsters set to be main stays of the national side for years to come.
That is if they get enough game time for their clubs, which shouldn't be a problem give the fact that Arsene Wenger has rejected loan bids for some of his young stars.
Fellow Gunner Theo Walcott is also back, with Adam Johnson, Phil Jagielka, Joe Hart, and Bobby Zamora amongst others also getting a chance to impress the Italian.
Hart and Johnson are also future stars in the making, but the rest with have to put in a sterling performance to impress a deflated nation.
Hungary, boosted by Fulham man Zoltan Gera, aren't expected to do much in this game but secretly could just fancy their chance.
After all they are playing a side in disarray, deflated after a poor summer and further rocked by retirements of players called into the squad for this game.
What ever you think of Paul Robinson and Wes Brown though will be irrelevant come kick off, all eyes will be the Wembley pitch where a win is a must!
If either a poor display, a loss or both occur Capello really could have a problem on his hands with just a month to go until the European Championship qualifiers.
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