article_snippet: England met on Monday ahead of a Euro 2016 qualifier against Lithuania on Friday and a friendly in Italy on Tuesday, their first games since November, when their beat Scotland and Slovenia.
article_snippet: England are already without injured Daniel Sturridge and Adam Lallana and Hodgson anticipates other players missing the Italy game.
article_snippet: Raheem Sterling is struggling with a toe injury and Leighton Baines has only recently returned to action.
article_snippet: Hodgson said: 'I fear we're going to lose a few more.' '
article_snippet: There's one or two that I know won't be able to join we against Italy because of the current problems that Italy're dealing with at the moment.
article_snippet: So on this occasion in particular this occasion won't be as strong a team as I maybe would have liked to put out.'