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Maguire is a fantastic player, no doubt about it!

Yeah, he is very limited indeed and when I say that he played pretty well it’s by his own standards and not others on the pitch. In fairness, he showed a few decent bits of creativity at times and didn’t embarrass himself.

Fairly sure Vest wasn't mentioned once last night as a Southampton player. Seemed odd to me. He played pretty well I thought, but Maguire in particular highlighted his shortcomings in terms of agility.

I don't want either to go, but I can't say I agree with that statement. I remember the summer we lost Lallana, Lovren, Shaw and Lambert and had similar thoughts, but things turned out pretty good in the end. I'd like to think our approach to recruitment is back on track now after the events of previous years, but I guess time will tell...

Great work by JV for that 2nd Denmark goal!

Sounds promising, him staying (and, more importantly, signing a new contract) would be a huge boost!

Own up, who else cheered at the girl crying!

Nonsense, would still have banged it in off the crossbar 😃

Amazing character by the Swiss, fair play to them!

Stek well out of his depth here, nearly fell off my seat when I saw he was their goalie earlier in the tournament.

Exactly, seems to boil down to better interpretation of the rules and less splitting of hairs. Goals are the bedrock of football so anything to reasonably maintain them is good by me.

Well I’m glad we’re seeing goals given rather than taken away. The use of the thicker lines is a winner for me.

Who’d have thought, you can use VAR to uphold borderline goals and keep the games exciting. Much better than the ‘how can we take this off them’ approach of the Premier League.

Bale hugely disappointing today. Good performance by JV 👌🏻

Yup, I would probably buy 2 for £60-£70 but only ever get 1 at most at the point of release. I’ve given it a miss this year though, so will probably pick one up in a sale later on. I’m enjoying the retro shirts more these day, better value and pretty cool to boot!

Never seen it this way personally. I'm not commenting on whether the shirts are ethically produced (I have no idea, but hope so), but always viewed the excessive charge as being basically a donation to the club to help fund the things we want to see. Having said that, just checked a few League 1 / 2 clubs and their shirts sell for about £10 less so maybe we are being ripped off!

Probably not I'd say. Also, not trying to put him down but he's a youth product of Manchester United, rather than someone they signed. I think all clubs should develop players, but that doesn't necessarily mean that they will be at the same level as the players that clubs like that go out and sign for huge sums. I really admire him as a gent, he seems a fine role model and deserved his MBE, but that's not a reason to make the squad (if so, then Francis Benali would probably have got 50-100 caps).

Yes, of course, generally speaking if you play for a big club it means you're a better player. BUT, I think there's a fair amount of evidence over the years to suggest that it also cuts you more slack when your form dips than if you played for a club like us. There is also the argument that you have to work harder at clubs lower down the league as you're playing alongside worse quality players. I'm not actually saying that Ings deserved to go, but do feel that he was far more likely to get the chop for a loss of form / injuries than someone like Rashford. I may be going a step too far here, but I'm not convinced Rashford is a better player than Ings (ohh the controversy!).

Agreed, if Ings and Rashford played for the opposite clubs then Danny would probably be there right now. Unless of course Rashford's place is now untouchable due to him being an MBE?

Absolute pish, Sterling drives me f’ing bonkers when he plays for England.

Absolute trash so far, Kane looking like it’s his first game of football. He must come good soon right?

... plus you never know if you'll be playing on-the-beach versions of Liverpool and Leicester at that time!

I remember the 'devastation' of seeing Luke Shaw, Adam Lallana and Rickie Lambert all leave in 2014. I genuinely thought we were gonners, but then we did some stellar transfer business and actually became better. I'd like to think the club has learned from the 'everything we touch turns to gold' complacency that followed VVD's exit.

See where you're coming from, but there are ways to lose and there are other ways to lose. Even if the points don't materialise, the very least you expect to see is decent tactics executed by a committed team backed up by good use of subs. If we get smashed a few times and are around the bottom of the table then he would be luck to get to Christmas. Desperately hoping for some decent summer transfer business, but expectations are set pretty low to be honest.

Thanks for confirming, it really should be in my opinion!