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Go on then, which smaller players were kept? Bearing in mind that central defenders need to be larger than attacking players do

I think we'll make mincemeat out of Hummels, he's way past it

Legend!

How many players older than 22 have failed at a club, gone out on loan, done quite well and then come back and turned out to be good? There must be examples but I can't think of any

We're a better team than Germany and I think we'll do them

Unnecessarily negative. I'm confident we'll sign at least one other player for a decent fee

Have I missed the sarcasm here? England were totally defensive with their 3 at the back system in the World Cup, and most of our goals came from set pieces

First they get Van Wolfswinkel who we should have gone for, now this

Pure speculation but if the Chinese government is now discouraging its wealthy businesspeople from getting involved in football, it wouldn't be a good look for him to be touting the club's commercial wares around the country

Isn't Norn Iron a bit different to Scotland and Wales though because it has such a strong unionist sentiment?

As I understand he didn't buy the club to make a profit. He did it because the Chinese government was encouraging it and he wanted to get in their good books so he could get favourable treatment for other business deals back home. Then the Chinese government changed its mind and he got left up the creek. LD Sports was a sham and the only thing where you can strongly criticise him IMO

If KWP moves on next summer then we'll need them and if he doesn't then we can sell. It's not ridiculous to invest in a youngster with potential - it's our whole business model. And with injuries I'm sure there will be opportunities. Unless you want Cuco Martina playing for half a season because someone has got a serious injury

I think that would be totally fine to be honest. It's a much different position to GK

You might say the same about Smith-Rowe, who is surely even less likely to join?

I'm still scarred by Neil McCann

He's doing a great job for Italy but I thought City should have got rid of him sooner to be honest

The thing is, most international managers aren't from the elite anymore. Southgate is an ok manager doing an ok job, which is enough. Roberto Martinez ffs https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:UEFA_Euro_2020_managers

As Crocker put it: "We have to be strategic and stick to our principles. We have made mistakes with signings that do not fit within our principles so a big part of my job is to make sure that we stick to the plan." https://www.hampshirelive.news/sport/football/transfer-news/southampton-ralph-hasenhuttl-summer-transfer-5499976

We got to the semis in 2018 by beating a tough-ish team early (Colombia) then having the draw open up. We were crap tonight but there's a good team in there somewhere. I'm not writing this tournament off yet.

No matter how bad we were, I'd still be aiming to win rather than settling for second so we can say we got the quarters.

If we have any ambition then we need to win the group. If we finish second then we end up with France in the quarters. Finish first then we get the beatable Portugal/Germany and then the beatable Spain

Not to deny your point at all, but that one against England in the 2012 Euros was good. Shortly followed by the friendly when Ibra scored that ridiculous overhead kick

Or they know more about football than you? 🤔🤔 🤔😃

You didn't rate Long so for you it would have been logical to let him go. But Ralph did rate him and started him in every game so it would have been weird if he didn't give him a new contract in the hope that he could hold back the years a while longer, at least as a useful squad player

If you look at the managers Levy has hired over the years, there's some real stinkers. It's like he's throwing a dart blindfolded and then it's pure luck when he hits the target