LiberalCommunist

I'd rather have a suspended Tonda than a Will Sill (nothing personal, could have been any number of names inserted) on the sidelines for the start of the season. Standing by him was the right thing to do. And time will prove that. This thread will go on to be the most bumped/bookmarked thread in SW's history.

Kevin Keegan, a sad loss for the football world. A infectious smile, a man who wore is heart on his sleeve. The scorer of the best disallowed goal ever. RIP

Yep. And Ross needs a pre season more than any other player. Or he'll start the season like a 56 year old man reaching too far for the remote with a bout of sciatica. Click click snap.

I think we used up all the goals.

An interview with the enemy. Man, that takes some doing. After suffering threats, paying the biggest price, the most over the top punishment ever distributed. And yet, still just having this hanging over you, but also having to talk to the sneering press. I hope he gives them nothing this season, dead eyed monosyllabic answers and depart. Nothing. He has paid an unfair price already. He owes nothing more. I hope he gets off to a good start and frustrates them further.

We have two players on 6 goals, still with a chance of the golden boot. We have a manager that people have seemingly lost faith in. We have a chance to finish third in the largest world cup ever held. Nothing to play for, really?

This isn't a where it was said issue, its a what was said rule infringement. FIFA have to take action as there's already multiple precedents and punishments for this breech. Trump, shut the fuck up for once you utter moron.

England must be doing something right. How else do we explain how annoyed everyone is, that we didn't win the World Cup. Surely that's a step in the right direction?

You will be shocked to know I have no inside information. Pure speculation on my behalf.

His decisions reinforced their mental fragility. They share the blame. But in all honesty, we did well to get to the semi's. Looking back over the tournament, there was not much to suggest it was going to be a success. Ghana & Panama games were pretty insipid. We were kinda lucky to get through the Mexico game. Had they equalised and taken us to ET we would have been out. Norway looked well off it on the day, made some bad decisions, and we did benefit from some luck. So where does that leave me today? Tuchel should get a stay of execution. He will have learnt a lot from this competition. Some players have stepped up and bought into his philosophy. Special mention to Spence, he's really won me over. Our defence and midfield will be far more settled than it was in the build up to the WC. The fullback issue we entered the tournament with was frankly ridiculous, and Rice seemed to be injured/unwell throughout the whole competition. Mistakes have been made. But lets not chuck the baby out with the bath water. He'll be more ruthless with his picks in the future, and that will benefit us. This World Cup was far more enjoyable than I imagined it would be, and frankly its been a good distraction. Lets hope these under fire mad German managers turn out to be little gems in the coming months!

We fell short. All manner of short. But at least we didn't go out to a dodgy VAR decision. I'm strangely at peace with the result this morning. And the countdown has begun to the real football.

Damn.

Good half. Held our own. Shown Messi he won't get it all his own way. Spence looks really lively. James making space. I'm happy with that. The Argies being Argies. Lets barge them out.

No extra-time. No injuries. No suspensions. No drama. Advantage Spain. Clear favourites now.

Can the Spanish bore France into submission tonight? I hope so, as we are far better suited to beating them.