No start for Saido but ex Baggie Bostjan Cesar starts for Slovenia
There was an interview with Bostjan Cesar in the matchday programme, and one of the questions to him was about his season in England with Albion, and his response was how much he enjoyed the year and was very complimentary about everyone at the club and the supporters and he commented that he still always looks out for the Albion results.
As for the match itself, up until our equaliser I did feel as if we were making very hard work of it, as with no disrespect to Slovenia, it's not like they are a high profile country from a football perspective and as others have commented, it's hard to see the England team having a great impact when we come up against quality opposition.
Prior to his goals, I was really struggling to see what Wellbeck was contributing and at one point he took a whack on the ankle and I was hoping Saido might get a chance, but fair play to Wellbeck in that he clearly ended up justifying being kept on.
We were sitting quite close to the Slovenia supporters and I was surprised at just how many there were, and fair play to them for being a lively bunch, though I think even they were a bit surprised when they took the lead, even if they only had about 60 seconds to bask in the glory.
But Hodgson's got a tough job here, and while you could argue we're fortunate to have a relatively straightforward qualifying group, when if comes to the crunch in major tournaments it's hard to see us having a major impact.