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The new Arsenal shirt with the white side panels looks like Ajax. Veltman played for Ajax.

Cracking signing for Ajax. They've finally replaced Veltman, albeit with someone half as good.

So now we wait...

For me White has done enough to demostrate he can give Southgate the cover for TAA, Henderson, Maguire and now Mings. I think he'll get the nod.

If he wants a right-back that can take a set piece he already has one (see Trippier vs Croatia, WC S/F 2018)

I have this terrible image of Godfrey and Walker facing an onslaught of advancing Germans, like some dystopian Dad's Army nightmare.

Southgate should be thankful the TAA injury has given him an opportunity to shore up a real weakness in central defence. We were lucky last night that Austria missed a couple of free headers and the one Ben White cleared off the line. Picking Ben White now should be a no brainer.

Well done tonight Ben, you saved Pickford's blushes.

Hopefully Lingard will score a hat-trick and expose what a shambles this selection process has been.

So in the words of Ant and Dec's 'On The Ball': It's Reece James to Walker Walker to Trippier Trippier to Trenty Alexander-Arnold Arnold to Mingsy Played square to Stonesy Stonesy to Pickford. Oh f**k, own goal!

What could be more pointless than playing in a friendly in a build-up to a tournament he won't be at? Much better for the player to rest up and prepare for next season. I'm sure Lewis Dunk cherishes his one England cap, but for the rest of us it's a f**king insult.

The Chuckle Brothers were a partnership. The Three Stooges were a partnership. Delboy and Rodney were a partnership.

That squad will be all the more puzzling if Southgate starts with 3 at the back. For me we should be playing 4-2-3-1. I would have started with Dunk alongside Maguire and - if he wasn't fit - Tarkowski alongside him. Either way, I'd have James and Chilwell alongside Gareth's 2 shit CBs, then...

The squad picks itself apart from the defence, but with Pickford, 4 right-backs, an injured Maguire with one of Stones, Coady and Mings set to play alongside him we're going to have to score a lot of goals to go the distance. I come back to the 4 right-backs thing. In Jack Grealish you have...

We've had 3 years to prepare for this tournament so introducing brand new uncapped players into the squad is not ideal, especially when they've only had one year of Prem experience. White is a quality player but everyone in contention should already have had 2 or 3 matches at least for the...

I'm really pleased for the Ben White but I'm also pleased for the club. This is a huge moment because it shows that the Albion player development programme works, i.e. academy > development team > lower league loan > higher league loan > Premier League matchday squad > England squad. We've had...

The provisional squad is very short on experience. I believe only two are over 30 - Henderson and Walker- but, crucially, very few are over 27. Harry Kane will be going into that tournament having played a load of football for Spurs, he's nursed some minor injuries throughout, he will be...

That's a moot point given Southgate's provisional squad includes a whole host of RBs / RWBs including TAA, James, Trippier, Walker.