WELL the international break is over and, without sounding like a stuck record, I couldn’t be happier.

I saw so much paper talk about Gareth Southgate being bold and brave with his selections but aside from pitching in a few young lads there was nothing particular innovative for me.

Jack Cork, who has covered more ground than anyone in the Premier League this season and has been having a fantastic campaign for a side – Burnley – currently in seventh, got the grand total of less than five minutes game time.

I had a whinge about it last week but now the games have taken place I’m even more perplexed that Jake Livermore – who isn’t having a particularly good season by all accounts – managed to rack up 86 minutes against Germany and all-but-injury time against the Brazilians.

It’s absolutely baffling.

I felt sorry for our Irish contingent on Tuesday night after they were roundly beaten by the Danish in their World Cup qualifier.

They’d looked to have done all the hard work by draw in Copenhagen and then taking an early lead.

But it wasn’t to be and they went on to concede five either side of half time to end their dreams of a trip to Russia.

Anyway, enough of all that, we return to Premier League action with a mouth-watering tie against Swansea City at the Turf on Saturday.

Could the visit of the Swans – who we have failed to beat in our various EPL meetings over the last couple of stints in the top flight – finally be the game when we click into gear at home?

I’m in Ghent this weekend so I’ll be searching out a bar which is willing to stick it on the big screen.

My absence from the Turf probably means we’ll turn in a cracking performance – it does tend to be that way when it comes to me missing matches.

Swansea have had a poor start to the season and no disrespect to Paul Clement’s side but they’re exactly the sort of team we should be seeing off at home.

The mood music around Sean Dyche to Everton appears to be dying down a bit (thankfully) but I still speak to plenty of Burnley fans who are panicking that the gaffer is about to up and leave for pastures new.

My advice to them is always the same – stop worrying and enjoy the ride we’re on.