There is a place up for grabs in defensive midfield
If Roy Hodgson is going to stick with the diamond formation then there is a potential vacancy at the base, with Jack Wilshere’s audition as the player screening the defence and building attacks not having been a particularly successful one. The problem for Hodgson is that, apart from making what would be a backwards move in either Gareth Barry or James Milner, there are no clear alternatives – unless a youngster such as Nathaniel Chalobah or Jordan Rossiter enjoys a breakthrough campaign.