Young Blues feature for England U21s; Hornby scores for Scotland

Tom was bright early on but he wasn't really involved that much and faded out of the game for large parts.

Jonjoe was basically Jonjoe, he always seems to have a really good consistency to his game and he moved to centre-back for a bit towards the end.

The most impressive of the Everton lads and the best man on the pitch for me was Kieran. He was bright, creative, he was going beyond the strikers Delle Ali like and had 2 goals chalked off for offside, the first one was a really close call. He was far and away England's most creative player.

There was a beautiful ball he played 2nd half which completely split the defence to put Adam Armstrong through one on one which was spurned. It's this sort of creative No 10 that we're lacking even with Siggy in the team.

And also he set up the winning goal with an incisive run and pass to put Cook in who then squared it for Abraham to tap in. This won't go down as an assist but sometimes it's the assist for the assist which is the key to the goal. I know I sound like Roberto saying that but sometimes it's true.

The new manager really needs to put trust and faith in this lad and look to develop him as I really do think he can be a star.

Otherwise, another loan at a top Championship or low Premier League team would not be the end of the world. Getting first team games under their belt is the most important thing between 17-22 years.

If he does well, recall him for the second half of the season. Win-win.

He certainly seems to have something about him and may benefit from not being thrown in too early and the expectation that can bring. See Tom Davies for a good example of a player that could be making his mistakes outside of the glare of playing in the top league for his boyhood club.

Great to see our boys making their mark at the U21 level after the U20 success last summer.

Our Callum Connolly was a late addition.

He was left out of a few RB Leipzig games... I wonder if Fat Sam and his bias against the lad going to Germany rather than the Championship has somehow extracted vengeance through his buddies who may play a part in the England selection process? Nah... he wouldn't be so petty... would he?

Other than Tammy Abraham, the selected forwards can't boast of the same experience Lookman has.

Odd. No Calvert-Lewin either. If it wasn't for the absence of our dear neighbour's Solanke also, I'd be inclined to cry 'conspiracy'. Good luck to them anyhow.

I'm no talent scout but he just seems to have that vision to do things others don't think of, much brighter than Barkley but less physical presence. I hope he makes it at Everton, or makes a decent enough career somewhere else, because he's a joy to watch at times.

To all, regarding Lookman, he took a hell of a thump in Leipzig's final game against Hertha Berlin and came off early in the second half. Might be the reason he missed this game.