The Last Word - Sports Blog (Sean Simara)

Roy Hodgson takes his England side to Ukraine tonight knowing avoiding defeat would put at least one foot for England in Rio next summer. With Danny Welbeck out suspended he now has to shake up the forward line. England already have a mass amount of injuries in that position, but tonight I can imagine he will bring in James Milner to the starting line up. Not the most inspiring selection but he seems to be Hodgson's go to guy when things get tricky. It tells a lot when you have the Spurs duo Townsend & Defoe who would be far more exciting and more of a goal scoring threat sitting on the bench. Don't be surprised if Tom Cleverley makes an appearance too as he is one of Roy's favourites. Lambert will start down the middle with Walcott on the right I say.  Frank Lampard will get his 100th cap, Gerrard will start so will Wilshere, so that means no place in the starting line up for Carrick. He has been the most consistent English player for the past 18 months for his club...

QPR have done some very good business this summer they managed to shift out most of the big wages and players that let them down so badly last season. Harry has brought some terrific players (as he would say) Charlie Austin proven goals at this level. Danny Simpson and Richard Dunne have improved the defence. Karl Henry does the dirty work but Joey Barton has been brilliant so far and the fact he is still at the club is a massive bonus. Matt Phillips has not kicked a ball yet but again a very good player at this level. On the last day of the window QPR brought in Nico Krancjar, Tom Carroll and Benoit Assou-Ekotto on loans deals. Harry has worked with them all before and they are clearly the right sort of player. Carroll is a is future England player, Krancjar can bring creativity and goals. B.O.E is just like Simpson on the other flank, he loves to get forward. It could be a very exciting season for QP R with the business they have done.

 Now the transfer window has closed I look back at some of the last deals that went through and who have had a nightmare.  Arsenal finally spent some cash and on a world class player, Wenger did pull this out the bag, after a frustrating summer for the Gooners they now have a new hero, Mesut Ozil. This transfer came out of the blue for many reasons, one Arsenal spending such a large amount of cash. Secondly the fact Arsenal didn't really need a player in his position but if you get the chance to bring in class you do it. The £42m pound deal puts some much needed excitement at the Emirates. The deal has been compared to when Arsenal brought in Dennis Bergkamp he defiantly can have the same impact.  The other side of north London did the most business, Tottenham brought in 7 new faces for over £100 million. However they did lose Bale, but the squad itself has improved with some real talent Eriksen, Lamela and Saldado look exciting but how quickly will it take for the new fa...