Rio believes that Sol Campbell's absence improves his chances??

Sol Campbell's bloody nose- Insult to Injury (Arsenal vs Portsmouth)

I think Rio Ferdinand is being a bit tongue in cheek
when he says that Sol's experience should be enough for Sven to overlook the MIA Arsenal defender. Sol's poor defence against the loss to West Ham on Feb 1st and his subsequent bizarre behavior just won't go away. I think he would be the first to admit that he just blew his chances

Rio will probably have to do duty with new buddies John Terry, Ledley King, or Jamie Carragher. There is an awful lot of good talent in defense for England and Sven might bite the bullet and drop Sol altogether.