Kieran Gibbs, Adam Johnson, Jack Wilshere are all good players but all they have at the moment is outstanding potential.

What they don't have is the experience of playing regular, high-quality football in either the Premier or Champions Leagues.

And the question you have to ask is: How are they going to get it?

The same applies to Joe Hart and Theo Walcott - both immensely talented but both likely to have to spend a big part of the season on the sidelines.

These players are at clubs chasing top honours at home and in Europe, and the priority for each of their managers, I'm afraid, is not the welfare of the England team.

Take Roberto Mancini. After another summer of major spending, Manchester City's owners expect a Champions League place as an absolute minimum this season.

So it won't matter to the City manager whether he uses Hart or Johnson on a regular basis. It won't matter to him that Capello wants young English talent to thrive and prosper.

He will pick the best City team available to him and that, more than likely, will mean the high-profile signings he's made.

If Mancini decides to go with the experience of Shay Given in goal, Hart will be on the bench.

Likewise, Johnson will no doubt find himself down the pecking order in the City attack. And that won't be a lot of good to Capello as he tries to reshape his England squad.

Gibbs and Walcott will also probably be bit-part players as Arsene Wenger tries to win some silverware for Arsenal.

It is the age-old problem of foreign imports taking priority over home-grown talent and I cannot see it changing because the pressure on managers to deliver instant success is greater than ever.

That's why I don't envisage a wholesale changing of the guard after our dismal failure of the World Cup finals.

John Terry, Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard all still have a massive part to play - certainly in the European Championship qualifiers.

So too will Wayne Rooney. And it is time to wipe the slate clean as far as the Manchester United striker is concerned.

He is still a world-class player. He has been for the last five years and one poor tournament won't change that.

No one quite knows why he underperformed in South Africa. Whether it was because of tiredness or injury, only he knows.

But I bet he will have another outstanding season for United and be the focal point of England's attack for years to come.

Wayne will have a new selection of strike partners against Hungary on Wednesday and it will be interesting to see how Darren Bent, Bobby Zamora and Carlton Cole do.

I thought Bent was unlucky not to make it to South Africa.

One thing all strikers need to do to catch the eye is score goals. The Sunderland man did that in abundance last season and he did it in a side struggling at the wrong end of the table for most of the season.

Zamora did amazingly well for Fulham, too, and Cole has shown at West Ham he leads the line well.

But all three now face a much bigger in challenge international football. It is probably a bigger step up than for any other position.

Strikers get fewer chances at that level.

Defenders are ruthless and determined not to give you an inch and it doesn't matter how well you play, you will always be measured by the number of times you find the target.

Try telling that to Peter Crouch, though. He has an incredible scoring record for England.

Some will argue he has done it against lesser teams, but he has still been prolific and he should have been given more of a chance in the matches out in South Africa.

His omission from this squad is probably down to Spurs having a Champions League qualifier the following week - which would also account for Aaron Lennon and Jermain Defoe's absence.

In all truth, the Hungary game is one which no one really wants. Probably not even Capello.

At least it gives him the chance to take a closer look at the kids.

But he would much rather see them playing Premier League football for their clubs every week.