- May 23, 2018
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After watching with glee Germany's knockout yesterday, I'm so relieved England are already through and have the pressure off against Belgium. This is the perfect game to rest a couple players and try a different option in certain positions to see how they fare against high quality opposition in a competitive game. I think we will see more of Rashford, Vardy, Dier, Rose in this game and that's enough rotation without harming the team. But aiming to qualify second in the group is rubbish... as much as there is a perception as to which teams we would rather face in the knockout stages, the previous games show that there is no guarantee of beating any team. So let's not worry about the future opposition, let's worry about England playing well and enjoying our football, and keep building momentum and confidence.