Starting eleven

Tom Heaton
Kieran Trippier
Ryan Bertrand
Phil Jones
Gary Cahill
John Stones
Raheem Sterling
Eric Dier
Harry Kane
Dele Alli
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

1 current and 2 former Clarets in the same england XI

4 Centre Backs. Or at least 4 who can play in that position..

I'm playing?

Come on tom !

Come on England !

Trippier playing right wingback, in front of a back three.

Plenty of options for Southgate. looks like 4-2-3-1
Heaton
Trips...Jones...Cahill...Bertrand
....Stones......Dier
Ox....Alli....Sterling
Kane

but Stones could drop back to make it a back 3?
Slightly defensive with two holding players but it is France away and they have some choice up top.

Absolutely buzzing for Trips and chuckling at all those who said he'd never make an England player. Pop one on Kanes head lad.

Well done me our Kieran and Gary.
Huge congrats to Enland's number one!

Lee Dixon and Wrighty in the studio. The football world is turning Claret.

What a debt of gratitude that we owe to all of our board members and most managers post Orient and especially from Mullen onwards.

Three players in current lineup with current or recent claret links.

Then Keane, Jay, Austin, 4 Irish internationals, Vokes and JBG who succeeded in the most recent euros.

The likes of Gazza and Wright representing us.

We have come a long way since the best we could do was claim Danny Sonner international was an ex claret

(Yes i know we were good before orient) its just bloody good.

minnieclaret wrote:Lee Dixon and Wrighty in the studio. The football world is turning Claret.

Can't hear them though for the bloody tannoy

Don't look back in anger

Been better with Liam singin' it.

What the **** that about

Nice touch by the French playing don't look back in angr and displaying the English flag in the crowd.

There's our Tom!!

2-2 kane anytime

bloody typical....the only time I've wanted to watch the teams come out ('cos of Tom) - the cameras are on the crowd...and our PM - not seen her much these last couple of months!

...and now the adverts!

Good luck Tom!

I'll be honest I wouldn't usually bother watching England "friendly" games but I'm going to give the first half a go

Good save Tom.

first touch for Tom

I thought heaton pushed it in for second there

Dodgy first touch

1st save for the Burnley skipper!

I'm as nervous as at Turf Moor!

its like being on the turf, great to see tom and Tripps out there.

Harry Kane!!!

Great move.

hoddle doesn't know the offside rule. offside with anything you can score with, his head was a yard off.

Tom needs to sort out his clearances.

Hoddle also said of Sterling's foul - "That was a good foul by Sterling" WTF

bugger!

Good save but maybe couldve put it round post.

Heaton usually gets away with those for us because Ben Mee is always on hand to clear it.

1-1.
Has Ox found a white shirt yet?

Think Tom could have done better there to be honest

good save, could have done better as mentioned.

Poor defending tbf

minnieclaret wrote:1-1.
Has Ox found a white shirt yet?

Didn't even realise he was on the pitch

ive never seen that in a french side before nine players from immigrant family's playing till the digne substitution .

Free header, free follow up

Good save

Slightly Claret tinted specs. Only slightly though.

Goalposts wrote:ive never seen that in a french side before nine players from immigrant family's playing till the digne substitution .

Coming over here, scoring our goals..

Goalposts wrote:ive never seen that in a french side before nine players from immigrant family's playing till the digne substitution .

We are all descendents of immigrants.

Grant always got stick on here for pushin ball to forwards feet
I always thought it was not always easy to push it to the side

cricketfieldclarets wrote:We are all descendents of immigrants.

true , dont mean it in any racist way ..just shows how fully intregated the game is in france

Good save from Mbappe shot

Good save Tom.

Trippier torn a new one then.

Great stop

No need to drag Grant into a discussion about a top keeper. Grant was dogsh*t and took two seasons to get the #1 jersey off Jensen

Grant was and still is a fine keeper

great first touch ball by tripps

The skill on show tonight is pretty poor, from both sides.

Ooh I just nearly came watching that ball from tripper.