"It's no coincidence that I was playing in my favourite position in the centre of midfield."After his panegyric on the Manchester United midfielder, it was put to Dyer that he might just have talked himself out of a chance of ever getting his favoured spot in the England team. I think he'll have the same problem as well, even though he's mature and he can play anywhere."The only real time I have done myself justice in an England shirt was when Peter Taylor was in charge and we played Italy," he admitted. But it's extremely hard playing 20 games in the centre of midfield and then meeting up with England and playing in a position which is different."You need to play there for a sustained period but unfortunately I don't get that with Newcastle There's talk of JJ as well playing in that position. When I first came to Newcastle I played there in a number of games.
I'm not frustrated because I feel Paul is the best attacking player we've got in the centre of midfield."There's talk of this position on the left-side I do think I could do a job if I played there regularly.
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"My answer is, after seeing him again today, Paul Scholes is just on a different planet He is an unbelievable player. "People say to me 'are you frustrated by being an England player and not getting the chance to play in your favourite position?'" he said. In terms of talent, the 20-year-old Jenas and his senior colleague Dyer are bursting with credentials.The problem is that neither plays on the left of midfield for their club, and as they reflected upon their position yesterday, the vexed nature of Eriksson's task became clear.Fresh from training at London Colney, Dyer went straight to the heart of the difficulty. On the day before he was due to fly out for Saturday's Euro 2004 qualifier in Liechtenstein with the rest of the England players, Newcastle United's 24-year-old midfielder produced another characteristic verbal performance on the subject of his international future. However, once the tape recorders had been turned off and the pencils put down, the likely form of his progress with the national side, and indeed that of his Newcastle team-mate Jermaine Jenas, remained obscure.The England manager, Sven Goran Eriksson, has made it clear that three of his four midfield places are a block-booking for Messrs Beckham, Gerrard and Scholes, which leaves only the problematic left-side to be filled. Kieron Dyer talks in the same way he plays – there is a generally high level of activity involved and sudden bursts of extraordinary energy. The Southampton defender Chris Baird and Ciaran Toner of Leyton Orient have been called up from the Under-21s.. Bradford's Andy Gray has been called up to replace him.The Manchester City midfielder Kevin Horlock has withdrawn from the Northern Ireland squad to play Armenia because of a family matter. The West Brom striker Scott Dobie has been forced to pull out of the Scotland after picking up an injury during the weekend defeat to Birmingham. If Keane decides not to travel to Tbilisi, he may go straight on to Albania for Wednesday's game in Tirana.
