Rio Ferdinand
Former England defender on BBC One

Harry Kane is the man and he is he leader. When the time came to put the ball into the net he was there. His record as captain is phenomenal and he has got eight goals in his last eight games as skipper.

Harry Kane has scored in every game that he has captained England.

A remarkable record.

Tom West: Surely the whole Raheem Sterling/Marcus Rashford conundrum could have been solved by playing both in place of one of the centre backs? Do we really need three at the back when two is enough and we could use an extra man up top to stretch the Panama defence.

Jim Coldwell: Right decision to keep faith with Raheem Streling. Gareth Southgate doing everything right so far. Come on England.

Emmo: Am I the only one concerned about Kyle Walker at the back?

Gary Flintoff
BBC Radio 5 live producer in Nizhny Novgorod

The Nizhny Novgorod stadium is normally predominately blue, but throw in the England fans in their white shirts and the Panama fans in their red shirts and there is a kaleidoscope of red, white and blue. It looks fantastic in the summer sun. We are ready for the off…

It's hot, hot, hot in Nizhny and there are huge fountains of water gushing on to the pitch from the sprinklers.

Practice balls are now being cleared and the referee is having a warm-up - 15 minutes until kick off and the stadium is almost full.

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England manager Gareth Southgate: "I think we have seen the importance of substitutes. Our substitutes the other day had a real impact on the game. For certain there will be changes and we have to make sure we make the right ones.

"We think we will have the vast majority of the play which is good in this heat, but we will have to move the ball quickly.

"We have to focus on the performance and make sure we play with intensity. Panama have certain threats which we have to make sure we are ready for."

I was in Cologne for this one - England fans would like to see a group stage cracker today wouldn't they?

Very interesting chat from Rio about how Sven told him to play. Gareth Southgate bringing England back to the future?

Rio Ferdinand
Former England defender on BBC One

Glen Hoddle was my first England manager and he asked me to come out of defence and play with the ball, but when Sven got the job, he said his centre-backs did not play the ball. That was the way I played but if I wanted to represent my country, I had to listen to him.

IF ENGLAND WIN

Qualification will be secured with a game to spare, setting up a final clash with Belgium on Thursday which will decide the group winners. Southgate's side currently have a goal difference of one - Belgium's is six - so a win against the Red Devils would likely be needed to finish top.

IF ENGLAND DRAW

A place in the last 16 will be close, but not certain. They would still need a point against Belgium but a defeat in that final game, coupled with a Panama win over Tunisia, could leave England vulnerable on goal difference.

IF ENGLAND LOSE

It's the end of the world. But England and Panama would go into the final game on three points, meaning whoever got the better result in their respective final fixtures would qualify. If both teams win they would be left in a three-way tie with Belgium, with the two teams with the best goal difference going through.

Did we all know that Ruben Loftus-Cheek is the younger brother of Leon and Carl Cort?

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Same dad, different mothers.

Imagine being Leon Cort - a defender with more than 400 appearances to your name and still only the third-best player in your own family!

Read more here in this fine Times article, external

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer in Nizhny Novgorod

Pockets of Panama support around various parts of the Nizhny Novgorod Arena and they are making themselves noisily heard - currently giving a rousing rendition of what is clearly the Panamanian version of "Football's Coming Home."

Jordan Ramsden: One thing we've learned so far from this tournament is that it's anyone's to win. So get behind the boys rather than take any old opportunity to bring them down. Come on England!!

Sheldon W. Serrao: My money is on Ruben Loftus-Cheek to announce his arrival with a stellar performance in this game.

Kampoh Kampoh: England should make changes. All the players can play. Good to rest players for later matches.

Jermaine Jenas
Former England midfielder on BBC One

Game management in this heat is the most important thing, deciding when to press the ball and also when to sit in. England should start with good intensity because this pitch will dry up as the game goes on and that will help Panama.

Frank Lampard
Former England & Chelsea midfielder

Panama don't play at the same level as our players so if you put them under the pressure they will struggle. If you press the ball you can win it back early and they do not react quick enough.