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I'm hoping the ref isn't fooled by Morata who is one of the most frequent divers in football.

Think they might end up signing Ramsdale.

Flying winger maybe?

For a number of seasons now we have been relying on goalkeepers who are not up to the required level. Ok, we'll probably struggle to unearth another Niemi but surely we should be able to identify a keeper who can save us points over a season rather than cost them.

I look on this thread as an alternative source of transfer news and quite enjoy trying to unpick the clues. It's a bit of fun and there may be nuggets of information lurking in the pictures. At the end of the day those that slag it off can quite easily decide not to look at it.

Looking again at the Adam and Eve picture I spotted the beak on the left. In horror I thought surely we're not after Danny van de Beek and then, to my relief, found he's going to Girona.

I take my hat off to Southgate. However, a ruthless manager would be ditching Kane for the final and playing Watkins up front. Hard on Kane? I don't think so - he hasn't done nearly enough in this tournament to warrant a place in the eleven to start against Spain and has looked completely unfit whereas Watkins will be straining at the leash and will give Spain problems. Harry has been a tremendous player for England but sadly is now past his best. However we all know Southgate will start him on Sunday because he allows sentiment to cloud his judgement. Hope it doesn't cost him his final chance to manage England to a trophy because he deserves one against his name.

Thought he was quite even handed to be honest. The big call was of course the penalty and that was a VAR advice to look at the screen and we all know what happens with those.

Agree. The Dutch knew they were being outplayed so stifled the game second half and hoped to nick a goal from the big lump. Spain won't do that so we'll have a chance to play as we did in the first half today. They are very good but we can give them plenty of problems.

Absolutely brilliant finish from Watkins from a superb Palmer pass. Well done England and we deserved it as we were the better side overall. Would love to see Watkins lead the line in the final but we know it'll be Kane who is neither fit enough nor good enough now I'm afraid - he is a shadow of himself and time appears to have caught up with him. Well done to Southgate and his coaches for getting us to consecutive finals in this competition. Win or lose on Sunday he can now bow out with his head held high.

Finally Southgate brings on Watkins and Palmer the 2 subs most of us had been calling for and they deliver.

Not a chance 🙂

Mainoo been invisible this half.

Exactly this.

No Koemann worked us out and changed things but Southgate is now waiting for them to score.

Southgate sat on his hands and will probably only react if the Dutch score.

Dutch have stopped us playing. Time for some subs Southgate.

Different game now. More like what you get in extra time.

Kane still coming too deep at times. Hope to see Toney or Watkins on at some stage plus Palmer and Shaw. We can win this if Southgate plays it right.

Fortunate with the penalty but England the better side. Need to make it count because the Dutch may come stronger as the game goes on.

Certainly agree on Trippier who should never be starting.

Rice for fucks sake!

It's clear that the Dutch fans massively outnumber us and I'm fairly sure most of the neutrals in the stadium will be rooting for the Netherlands.

Us England fans start each game hoping it's the one where the undoubted array of talent at our disposal clicks and we play decent football and win with a flourish. I'm not sure today is the day but we live in hope.

Do we know that West Ham are the only team interested in signing KWP? I'd be very surprised if that's the case.