The Kraken

We’ve got lucky draws but we’ve made two finals and a semi in the last 3 tournaments. And that’s Howard Wilkinson? Fucking hell 🤣🤣🤣

No. it may pedantic but I don’t think it’s a transformation, I think it’s a progression. And I think Southgate has been holding us back, he’s not a brilliant manager by any stretch. I think if we had a genuinely brilliant manager at the helm we’d see different things. And I think the three managers you mention were not top notch appointments (although we paid top price for them).

Which of Spain’s players do you think are fucking great, and not very good?

I don’t think we need transforming. We are a very solid side that you can almost bank on getting out of the group stages. Gareth Southgate has done well at that but it’s hardly above expectations for a competent manager. And the FA is very rich so can afford to shop around for a top quality candidate.

Yeah this. Southgate has got an incredible record as England manager but you can’t argue that in every tournament we’ve got a massively favourable draw. Sometimes you make your own luck by being solid in qualifiers and group stages. Credit to him for that, absolutely. But, pretty much under Southgate’s tenure, we’ve had a good run but gone out when we finally meet a top tier side.

Of course it won’t be. He was the top scorer in the bundesliga with a goal a game, top scorer by 8 goals. He’ll be 31 when next season kicks off, not old at all. He’s had a poor tournament no doubt, but the end? No chance.

🤣 I’m reasonably confident the FA will find an able candidate. And I don’t think it will be any surprise at all if Southgate walks away.

Yin and yang having a shocker today.

That’s been coming. Completely lost central midfield.

He missed the last game or two of the season with Bayern due to a back injury. I genuinely don’t think he’s got over it, he’s plodded his way through the tournament.

Erm, yeah, about that…….. 🤣

I do often wonder what happened to them. Did they just give up Saints and miss out on two of the most enjoyable seasons in our history? Intriguing.

Parking at the stadium, they went to pick up their season tickets and the club had stopped free parking, it cost £1. So they refused to pay for their season tickets.

It doesn’t say much about the secret service that about 4 of them together couldn’t pin down a near octogenarian who was trying to wave to the crowd.

Very gracious behaviour in the face of such hostility, lovely to see 🥰

Using ChatGPT to formulate your answers on a sodding internet forum 🤣🤣🤣 The King of C&P .

Navy shorts is a really good look. Gets us away from Sunderland/Stoke/Brentford/Sheffield United, is a nod to our history, and looks much better than black.

Interesting. I must be in the 5% who won’t be voting for Biden.

He’s definitely a member alright, but not of the CoT; it’s an inclusive group, yet introducing someone with that level of bitterness and resentment into the fold would (I feel) bring the group zen down to an unacceptable low. Much better to steer above the grey clouds 👍

I couldn’t much care about Sue Ellen’s flag preferences, but her self-reflection feature seems to be faulty. She told the Washington conference: "Our problem is that the liberal Conservatives who trashed the Tory party think it was everyone's fault but their own."

I think some people need to calm down a bit. The CoT simply can't win with the polarising levels of vitriol being dispensed on this thread. Demands for providing more information swiftly followed by demands for the thread to be deleted. Thankfully the CoT are made of sterner stuff and won't be diminished by such scurrilous bickering.

Not Ryan Manning? Tsk. Sloppy.