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Steve Palmer: Do I like that! Gareth Southgate needs to switch to a back three

England need to go bold or they will go home

Graham Taylor found trouble in Oslo back in 1993
Graham Taylor found trouble in Oslo back in 1993Credit: Mark Leech/Offside

"Norway are a very methodical team with a very methodical manager – they'll be expecting us to play one way – but for this game I will be changing the formation."

Gareth Southgate – thank The Lord – appears to be channeling his inner Graham Taylor. 

If rumours from the England camp turn out to be true, Three Lions fans will be treated to a fresh formation against Switzerland and a sudden dynamism down the flanks.

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