Ehiogu and Southgate will be eager to impress Eriksson

UGO EHIOGU and Gareth Southgate have vowed to unleash four months of pent-up frustration on Slovakia if they are asked to fill the defensive hole left by Sol Campbell and Rio Ferdinand this weekend.

The Middlesbrough centre-back pairing is set to start in an international for the first time together after Sven-Goran Eriksson's first-choice defensive duo were ruled out.

While Ferdinand was already facing a knee operation, Campbell has been forced to pull out of Saturday's opening Euro 2004 qualifier due to a severe bout of gastroenteritis.