West Ham goalkeeper Rob Green is confident his recent performances will be enough to keep him wearing the gloves in Fabio Capello's England squad.
The 29-year old has played the past three matches for the national team in the absence of David James and Ben Foster and believes he has shown enough to appear against Slovenia in an international friendly this weekend, a lead-up to next week's World Cup qualifier against Croatia.
"I think it's the same for me as everyone else who is playing at the moment," he said.
"The manager has said he is taking it on the club form, who's playing well and who is training well.
"As I always say with things like this, there is stuff you can control, and stuff you can't control, and the thing I can control is how I play for West Ham.
"Realistically, you take things as you see them - and a clean sheet, like the one I had at Blackburn (on the weekend), is fine for me.
"If you go into every game and keep a clean sheet then you are a pretty good keeper."
Green admitted he was letting his thoughts drift towards South Africa next year but said it was healthy to believe you are the best in your position.
"At this moment, I am thinking about going to the World Cup as England's number one," he insisted. "There is no point turning up if you think you're going to be understudy. There is no point turning up not to play.
"Playing football is the key part of any footballer's career and life. You want to play. Whether that happens or not is something beyond your control but if you have done everything you can then there is no more you can do."