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Southgate's seen how impressive Dunk can be at the international level. No point in jeopardizing that by playing whilst carrying an injury.

England defender Harry Maguire says supporters who booed midfielder Jordan Henderson "aren't England fans". "Proper England fans don't boo players," said Maguire. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67142612 That'll go down well...

They've just announced that Bake Off will be back tomorrow. Probably just as well seeing as England are half-baked at the moment.

...apart from Harry Maguire coming on and scoring for Scotland in Dunk's 2nd game. (It's still a good record though.)

"Maguire became just the second substitute to score an own goal for England, after Eric Dier against Australia in May 2016." (BBC Sport Match Stats) Dier Maguire. Less of a list, more of a general comment.

Scotland's MOTM tonight is between Gilmour and Maguire.

Edit...currently 2nd in the BBC Sport Rate the players on 7.50 behind Bellingham on 8.27. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66790558

The only armband Maguire needs at the moment is one that he can blow up. He's clearly drowning.

He'll go to swap shirts at the end of the game with one of the England players.

The thing is, that's exactly the kind of OG Dunk used to score about 5-10 years ago. But he's matured as a player and phased out errors like that. He's 31. Maguire is still making those mistakes. In March, he'll be 31.

What Dunk and Maguire have in common is that they're both very consistent. (I'll let you fill in the rest.)

Maguire comes up trumps again.

FIFA's Infantino in the VIP section: "Today, I feel Scottish."

Jill Scott on Dunk: "He looks like he's got 50 plus England caps." He would've done under a different manager.

Very assured 1st half from Dunk. Commanding and in control.

A lovely reception for God Save The King.

I agree with everything you've written, but the quoted bit did make me especially think. Even the very best managers have sell-by dates when what they bring to the team has been absorbed. It's either then reinvention and/or refining the existing, or repetition and decline. Familiarity breeds...

Italy in the Euros Final was probably the most disappointing of all. And not the outcome of the penalties themselves for me. Despite being 1-0 up after 2 minutes, England finished extra-time with 35% possession and 2 shots total on target including the goal...

One man's negative and odd is another's realistic and understandable. But it's always been a game of opinions. With a FIFA ranking at the time of 5, England beat Iran (20) and Wales (19), but failed to beat the United States (16). We could easily have been a goal or two down against Senegal...

We weren't really good in the last one. 2 good group wins against dismal opposition in Iran and Wales were the high points. Drab draw against the United States, rode our luck in the early stages against R16 Senegal, and beaten by France in the QF. Par for the course for England, but nothing...