article_snippet: Apart from all those players that I’ve suggested or have said aren’t here through injury
article_snippet: n’t be as strong a team as I maybe would have liked to put out. '
article_snippet: we’ll accept that but as far as I’m concerned it’s still the qualifiers that I put top of my list of priorities even though on paper Italy are a strong team to play than Lithuania.'
article_snippet: Hodgson has been frustrated to see so many players absent from this selection but admits Hodgson luck with injuries of late may be coming back to bite Hodgson. '
article_snippet: We’ve been a bit unlucky on this occasion, it’s unusual,' Hodgson told talkSPORT. '
article_snippet: We’ve been very lucky most of the times We’ve got squads together
article_snippet: that We haven’t lost a lot of players.
article_snippet: But I still think theres enough good ones out there, so I still think we can get 11 good players on the field.'
article_snippet: we've been benefiting from a group which isn't the toughest of the groups.
article_snippet: There’s lots of very, very difficult games ahead