Listen - Capello defends Arsenal's Walcott inclusion

Capello wants patience

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England manager Fabio Capello says the loss of Rio Ferdinand won't hamper his plans for Kazakhstan.

The 30-year old defender misses out as he has failed to recover from a calf problem which has affected him for the past six weeks, meaning either Matthew Upson or Joleon Lescott expected to get the nod.

The West Ham stopper had an alleged altercation with new Manchester City signing Gareth Barry in training earlier this week, a claim Capello denied by saying "I was a player, I'm a manager, during the training sometimes some players after one tackle push the other one, but I didn't see anything."

Despite questions surrounding Theo Walcott's invovlement in both the senior squad for the two World Cup Qualifiers, as well as taking part in the U-21 competition in Denmark, the Italian believes the Arsenal youngster has plenty of energy in him, adding "I think he is one of the players that played less games last season. He was injured for a month and now he's just starting to be very fit."

There's one thing that's certainly on the agenda, and that is to take maximum points yet again from this tie as well as Andorra at Wembley four days later and put the country on the brink of qualification for South Africa next year.

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