Gareth's men will take on Slovenia (ranked 55 in FIFA) tonight with Harry Kane on top of his form. I wonder if he is missing the "tucker" provided by his personal chef? Harry's diet has been the subject of most sports' newspaper reports today.
Gareth is earning a nice wage (less than Harry I bet and may be less than Harry's chef) but it is miles less than the most recent failures in charge of our national team.
So will we see a good game tonight? Why not join me assessing the state of the game after about 20 minutes? I reckon the state of the game is judged around that time.
I wrote about Slovenia previously, so you might find where the country is as a starter.
http://baileyfootballblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/where-is-slovenia.html
The two nations have met only five times previously, (bear in mind the country has not be around for long) the first in September 2009 in a friendly, which England won 2-1 at home. Since then they met in the 2010 World Cup and England won 1-0 with a goal by Jermaine Defoe. England came second in the group behind the USA!
In 2014-15 they met twice in the UEFA Championships with a 3-1 and a 3-2 win. The last meeting was our 0-0 draw in this latest World Cup qualification in Slovenia. It as a grumpy game, with Rooney dropped to the bench and Joe Hart in top form.
Bostjan Cesar playing for Chievo in Italy, a 35 year old long standing hero, has earned 98 caps as a defender.
Bojan Jokic playing for UFA in Russia has 85 caps, also a defender.
Valter Birsa, 31 years old, with 87 caps plays in the midfield, on Chievo's books too.
The rest of the squad plays as far and wide as New England Revolution in USA and Caen in France; only 4 play in Slovenia.
Slovenia; only conceded 4 goals in 8 games, W4, D2, L2, F10, Pts 14
England; P8 W6 D2 F16 A3 Pts 20
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