England v Andorra

[PadihamThickNeck]

5pm kick off live on ITV. First game back at Wembley since the final. Expecting full capacity.

Andorra who are ranked 134th in the world are a whopping ….. 100/1. Worth a quid surely ?

Should be pretty straight forward for the young lions, should technically be about 10-0 but with how Southgate sets up and the second string he’s putting out it will be about 4 or 5.

Predicted line-ups

England: Pickford; Alexander-Arnold, Stones, Mings, Trippier; Henderson, Bellingham; Saka, Mount, Lingard; Bamford

[chekhov]

I’m waiting for your Andorra team prediction…

[Froobs]

Could be double figures but likely 2nd team will play
BAMFORD HATRICK ANYONE?

[Newcastleclaret93]

Pope is starting tonight apparently

[tiger76]

Pope is starting tonight apparently

He certainly won't play Pickford, not with the trip to Poland in a few days. And Nick should still be 2nd cab on the rank.

[PadihamThickNeck]

Pope is starting tonight apparently

Be lucky to touch the ball more than 5 times.

[Bosscat]

Be lucky to touch the ball more than 5 times.

Good he should have less chance of injury then

[IanMcL]

Being so tall, he can see the far end more easily than the other keepers.

Ideal choice!

[kazza]

Seen 2 different predicted lineups, one is with Sterling starting, not Mount.

[burnmark]

Johnstone in goal. Pope on the bench.

[Vegas Claret]

so he's now picking players from the Championship. Waste of time for Pope to turn up

[Bordeauxclaret]

Interesting selection.

[kazza]

I hope Johnstone has brought a good book with him. Probably picked for a bit of experience.

[tarkys_ears]

Waste of time sending Pope. He'll have more chance of getting injured with the bus crashing than playing, no point even sending him.

Sick of these bunch of England losers. I didn't watch the last game, won't watch this and probably won't again.

Getting fed up of football(ers) in general.

[Vegas Claret]

huge win for Wales, 2-3 away at Belarus, hat-trick for Bale with the winner coming in the 93rd minute

[Sheedyclaret]

He's gone defensive against Andorra

[Les Lawrence]

Pope 3rd choice now **** off Southgate,

[claretburns]

The squad numbers in the Hungary game when Pope was 22 indicated he wouldn't be the number 2.

[minnieclaret]

Pope has done nothing to warrant starting for England so far this season.

[Vegas Claret]

I didn't realise Bamford was 28

[Les Lawrence]

Stop the yes man from coming to Turf Moor,Coady and Ming's in squad,no Tarkowski.Jonhstone before Pope,Tell the big nose bottler to do one next time,he wants a free ticket

[dermotdermot]

Pope is starting tonight apparently

Pope is not starting tonight apparently.

[dermotdermot]

Picking Bamford for England is ridiculous.

[Devils_Advocate]

Come on Les, you really need to show a bit more respect for out national head coach. He's doing a tremendous job and if he thinks Johnstone deserves to start then who are we to argue.

As an ex Burnley loanee lets hope Bamford does us proud and bags a load of goals

[kazza]

Picking Bamford for England is ridiculous.

But at least Southgate is picking a player on form even though he plays for the one of the smaller clubs in the Prem.

[NewClaret]

Come on Les, you really need to show a bit more respect for out national head coach. He's doing a tremendous job and if he thinks Johnstone deserves to start then who are we to argue.

As an ex Burnley loanee lets hope Bamford does us proud and bags a load of goals

[Stu]

Southgate Out

[Newcastleclaret93]

I don’t really don’t get the Burnley hate of Southgate.

He is literally the most successful manager of the last 50 years.

Is it because some of our lads don’t get a look in?

[Guller Bull]

I don’t really don’t get the Burnley hate of Southgate.

He is literally the most successful manager of the last 50 years.

Is it because some of our lads don’t get a look in?

It's no great mystery, some of our fans don't even like SD!

[MDWat]

I don’t really don’t get the Burnley hate of Southgate.

He is literally the most successful manager of the last 50 years.

Is it because some of our lads don’t get a look in?

It’s because a complete tool. We’re playing 3 right backs in a back 5 against Andorra. He’s achieved nowt.

[Vegas Claret]

I've no issue with Bamford playing, but I can't fathom Johnstone. Southgate was very vocal about not picking Grealish because he was only playing in the Championship and yet he picks Johnstone.

The minute Ramsdale starts playing for Arsenal Pope wont get in the squad.

[Wokingclaret]

In the final, allowing a 19 year old take the last penalty did it for me.

[kazza]

So 4-3-3 it is. Trent playing in midfield with Henderson and Bellingham.

[lakedistrictclaret]

In the final, allowing a 19 year old take the last penalty did it for me.

Exactly.

You've only to look at our shoot-out win at Newcastle to realise that, in almost all cases, you get your most experienced players to take the penalties.

[Wokingclaret]

P.S hate international windows................boring

[Billy Balfour]

It's no great mystery, some of our fans don't even like SD!

It's the Burnley way. Today I bumped into a neighbour while enjoying my Sunday morning walk. I mentioned the glorious sunny weather, and he replied it was all well and good, but would probably rain before the week was out.

[scouseclaret]

It's no great mystery, some of our fans don't even like SD!

Aside from his overlooking of some of our finest, his record doesn’t bear scrutiny.

IMO his sole achievement of note is a tournament victory over Germany. Aside from that, he’s managed to look like the best England manager on the back of unbelievably friendly draws On every other occasion he’s come up against a decent side - Belgium, Italy, even Croatia in the World Cup - he’s been found wanting. He cost us the Euros with a combination of overly cautious tactics and some utterly bizarre decision making when the chips were down.

He is, I believe, a charlatan - albeit seemingly a lucky one.

[scouseclaret]

I don’t really don’t get the Burnley hate of Southgate.

He is literally the most successful manager of the last 50 years.

Is it because some of our lads don’t get a look in?

Aside from his overlooking of some of our finest, his record doesn’t bear scrutiny.

IMO his sole achievement of note is a tournament victory over Germany. Aside from that, he’s managed to look like the best England manager on the back of unbelievably friendly draws On every other occasion he’s come up against a decent side - Belgium, Italy, even Croatia in the World Cup - he’s been found wanting. He cost us the Euros with a combination of overly cautious tactics and some utterly bizarre decision making when the chips were down.

He is, I believe, a charlatan - albeit seemingly a lucky one.

[yTib]

watching keane and wright pretending to be enthusiastic about this joke 'international' is slightly amusing.

[tiger76]

I don’t really don’t get the Burnley hate of Southgate.

He is literally the most successful manager of the last 50 years.

Is it because some of our lads don’t get a look in?

Typical UTC hysteria GS led England to within a spot kick of winning the Euro's, and he's the 1st England manager to even take us to a EC final.

I've no real issues with him picking Johnstone if he feels the lad needs experience, and there's very few friendly matches now for managers to experiment and give players game time, so a home tie to Andorra is probably the nearest your going to get to being able to give fringe players a go.

And if GS did pick Pope, and he then returned injured, those exact same posters would still moan.

WC semi-final.

NL semi-final.

EC final.

No previous England manager has got anywhere near that type of sustained success, and yet some folks still aren't happy,

[SalisburyClaret]

A smug yes-man who said he would pick players on form and then does nothing of the sort.

[Rileybobs]

Johnstone had a very assured game when he last played for England. Southgate has seen Pope play for England on numerous occasions now, he has given him 7 caps. I expect that Southgate doesn’t feel that Pope is totally compatible with England’s style of play and is exploring other options for his number two goalkeeper. To be honest I don’t really blame him for this.

[Rileybobs]

A smug yes-man who said he would pick players on form and then does nothing of the sort.

I keep asking this but nobody has ever answered. In what way is Southgate a yes man?

[Vegas Claret]

I wonder how much Man City will offer Dortmund for Bellingham

[dermotdermot]

Have the ‘fans’ been booing the Andorran national anthem and every time an opponent touches the ball? I can’t bear to watch it.

[tiger76]

1-0 England Lingard, great play by Saka to set him up.

[Vegas Claret]

anyone know why Ings wasn't called up ?

[kazza]

Bellingham looking very good.

[Wokingclaret]

Johnstone had a very assured game when he last played for England. Southgate has seen Pope play for England on numerous occasions now, he has given him 7 caps. I expect that Southgate doesn’t feel that Pope is totally compatible with England’s style of play and is exploring other options for his number two goalkeeper. To be honest I don’t really blame him for this.

He didn't like that pass.

[kazza]

Henderson also playing very well.