The games are coming thick and fast and, just like club managers up and down the country, Gareth Southgate will be watching the coming months unfold nervously with the health and fitness of his players in mind.
With less than a year to go to the World Cup, Southgate is facing burnout and fitness fears over some of his England stars.
The Three Lions’ last get-together was disrupted by so many dropouts due to knocks, niggles and bouts of illness that England could only name eight subs, including two goalkeepers, against San Marino rather than the maximum 12.