I'm a big believer in Council Hall on these kind of maps when going for boar play. With a Barracks you can go to the tried and true composition of longbows and spearmen; on a small map like this it can pay dividends even against the French.

The longbows will do quite well in handling the knights later on when Steeled Arrow is in. But for now, the spearman are going to have to do that job.

With veteran longbows, you can see just the damage these guys start to do. The knights themselves are under heavy fire and they melt quickly indeed to these long bows.

The white tower goes down on the gold. Makes a lot of sense. You want to play it safe. You want to get that second resource nice and smooth.

The issue with men-at-arms is once the age up comes, it's going to be knights against men-at-arms, and not having the ability to make spearmen until feudal age is going to hurt English in this matchup.