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Glaring errors aside that wasn't too bad. Our midfield looked far more comfortable with a technical ball-playin midfielder like Mainoo next to Rice, than the energizer bunnies Southgate usually favours. A few observations Toney is far better than Watkins I imagine Trippier will be left back...

He can't and will never be able to, but he could at least appear to have a plan/philosophy for how we set up and play, and be able to explain it. In the beginning, he was wedded to 3 at the back and wing-backs, and to be fair to him he was limited with what he could do with the squad at the...

I shall disagree agreeably with you about Southgate and his many contradictions. I wouldn't want to criticise any manager for defeats in friendlies or even performances, but how they use the games and squad selection is fair game. This isn't just Southgate, many England managers past have...

All from when I was a kid SWP Kinkladze Rocastle Walsh Flitcroft The modern era would be Sane, all our recent legends went at the right time.

I wouldn't even credit him with that. After telling us for years he had a plan against France it boiled down to simply playing Walker to stop Mbappe.

I suppose it's more the frustration with Southgate and his contradictions. Lewis made his debut in England's last competitive fixture. He was played out of position and was awarded Man of the Match. He's a versatile player who can cover several positions, he's comfortable in possession and...

They've changed the colour of the cross, not the flag, and as has been pointed out earlier in this thread, the cross has appeared on the top before in different colours. Besides, Edmund the Martyr will always be the patron Saint of England, English Saints for English people! We will not accept...

Imagine looking through posts on topics about us winning the first-ever domestic treble, winning our case against UEFA at CAS, and recording record profits, and finding no or little criticism of our owners. I noticed they didn't look at posts on topics about season ticket price increases, or...

Emirates FA Cup Emirates sponsorship of Arsenal Emirates Stadium - Arsenal (and many others around the world, inc Old Trafford Cricket Ground) Visit Rwanda sponsor Arsenal Standard Charters' sponsorship of Liverpool Emirates sponsor Real Madrid Qatar sponsored Barcelona Riyadh Air sponsor...

For fans of 'legacy clubs' like Michael, their fandom was linked to the expectation of them constantly being in the mix for European success, fans of other clubs that moan about the CL are of a certain vintage and are nostalgic for those Sky Sports over-hyped Super Sundays, and European nights...

We're British, telling other countries how they should live is all we have left since we can no longer force it on them. Polling in the US over the last few years has been pretty consistent, Americans do want tighter gun control laws. It's their politicians that don't.

From what I've read they both come at it from different angles. Samuels appears to be old school, not fussed about the format but that the Champions League should just be for champions, and by including teams who finished in the top4 of the biggest leagues it caused further disparity between...

His responses to you contradicted the premise of his article, he also posted a link to an article he wrote previously to defend himself. He always states football is broken but never states the period when it wasn't. If he'd bothered doing any research he'd know the predictability of the...

Poorly worded on my part. Should have said since changes were made to the European Cup format 31 years ago.

As always with Delaney facts, and the history of a competition are anathema to him. In the 31 years since the creation of the Champions League, there have only been 4 clubs to win the competition for the first time. 1993 Marseille (first season) 1997 Dortmund 2012 Chelsea 2023 City What...

John Aldridge has a weekly column for the Liverpool Echo, a publication, only slightly less mental than The Spectator. It doesn't make him a journalist, nor would it if they appointed him Sports Editor. Both of them are grifters, playing to the gallery on behalf of their paymasters.

Agreed. There are some great b-sides too, that weren't over-produced and probably should have made the album. Flashbax The Fame Going Nowhere I Got The fever Stay Young My Sister Lover

Same as ever with Delaney, many words without an actual point to the article, with a standard jibe at a club for being a sports washing project. Take this quote "That’s incredible to think that Real Sociedad had more domestic titles than PSG when the Champions League was founded"....Considering...

Living in NZ I can confirm that all refereeing decisions in rugby are moaned about 24/7 and for at least two decades.

Politically, 'abstain' was the right call. The motion was never going to win, so best to not rock the boat on a very divisive matter and alienate support from either side of the issue Politics is (sadly) a game, and in my lifetime Blair has been the only Labour leader who understood how to play...