England v Slovenia: Leighton Baines injury blow as Roy Hodgson is denied permission to call up Luke Shaw I knew about the Uefa rule, so I gave my squad in so it could be sent off before 11am. We normally train at 10.30am, but on this occasion we were asked to put it back to 11am. I was rather hoping that, because it was only 20 minutes after the event and we went straight on to Uefa, they'd show sympathy for our request. But they said the rule is clear. After 11am, when you've put 23 names in, you can't change it. I was going to play Leighton in this game and then send him home, so it is a blow. With Leighton going down, it would have been good for us to have Luke on the bench. On his decision to choose Gibbs ahead of Shaw, Hodgson added: "It was very close between the two of them. Kieran has played more games than Luke, but Luke also came and was spared the first few days" training because we were a bit concerned with his groin. He hasn't taken part in any of the major training sessions. Today [Friday] was the first he started and finished. We preferred to look after the groin and do some remedial work with a view to playing in Scotland. I always had Kieran in view for the second choice in this game and that he would share duties with Luke in Glasgow. Baines is the third player Hodgson has lost to injury this week, along with Michael Carrick and Andros Townsend. Gibbs will start at left-back against Slovenia, Nathaniel Clyne is set to be handed his debut on the right and both Adam Lallana and Raheem Sterling are expected to start. Hodgson had expressed his displeasure that the Wembley pitch was used for an NFL game between Dallas Cowboys and Jacksonville Jaguars just six days before the Slovenia qualifier. England have not trained on it this week, but Hodgson received an encouraging report from coach Gary Neville on the state of the surface on Friday evening. "Gary has been to see the pitch," said Hodgson. His report wasn't as worrying as some of the reports which have come my way. The bottom line is the pitch is the pitch. We've prepared to play the game. I'll leave any further discussions until after the game. I was encouraged by Gary - a critical person - not coming back damning it totally. We've been all week preparing for the worst, but let's see. Baines has claimed all the England players want Hodgson to be rewarded with a new contract past the European Championship after making a perfect start to qualifying. But Hodgson is in no rush to discuss his future and will be happy for the FA to wait to see how England perform in France. "It's nice for Leighton to say that, but 2016 is my focus," said Hodgson. My concentration is 100 per cent on that. There's plenty of time. I'm not desperate to have my future secured. I've had a long time behind me, and my future is a lot shorter than my past. If the day comes when a contract is discussed, I'll think about it then. I would be happy for it to be sorted out at the end of Euro 2016. I'm very happy with the support I get from the people in the association, and to work with the players. At 67, let's be happy with that. Slovenia are second in Group E behind England and, on his opponents, Hodgson added: "We've watched them a lot. We haven't suggested to the players we should be frightened by what we'll meet, but we have said they're a good team with dangerous attacking players.