England U16s are back in action on Tuesday afternoon when they face Denmark in their second game of this week’s UEFA Development Tournament at St. George’s Park.
The Young Lions started the competition with a 3-1 defeat against Spain on Sunday and head coach Kenny Swain is set to make changes to his line-up for this game.
England U16s v Denmark
UEFA Development Tournament
5pm, Tuesday 11 February
St. George's Park
But Swain admits he took plenty of positives from England’s opening game, in which the scoreline didn’t really reflect the pattern of the match as a whole.
"We'll make big changes on Tuesday to give more players the opportunity,” said Swain.
“We want to look at them, and hopefully we can take the kind of performance that we've had [on Sunday] and into this game, even though they're new players and it will be a different kind of set-up."
It’s been a busy campaign for the U16s, who featured in the Victory Shield earlier this season and then travelled to the USA for the Nike Cup in December.
And this tournament will be followed up by the Montaigu Tournament in France in April, as Swain and his coaching staff look to see as many players as possible in international action.
Swain reflects on Sunday's game with Spain
"I think we're heading in the right direction in terms of how we want to play and the effectiveness of our game,” he added.
"We're looking to take our performances on and considering there's 12 players here who aren't from the USA group, there's still a lot of players who aren’t here who maybe would be and there's a lot of players still to be looked at.
"But I know we're getting better and we are getting better.”
After Tuesday's game, England will face Belgium in their final game of the tournament on Friday afternoon.
