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I do like the way that Long always lets the man get in between him and the ball, including the scorer of the first goal. If he is not doing that, then he is offside ! The man still has no understanding of the game of football after 24 years FFS !

Niemi and ~Channon I think. Benji has a point about Shilton. He was great when he first signed but as he got older he could not get to anything in the corners. I remember Motson commentating on one of our games saying "You don't often se Shilton beaten from that distance " to which I replied, " You do if you've got a season ticket !"

There are some bargains to be had, particularly for back up players . Real Sociadad haver signed Matt Ryan from Brighton and Rico from Bournemouth for £1m a piece,.

I think I would rather have Clyne on a free as cover, less wages, no loan fee.

Sandi Saints team Niemi Ostlund CLaus Kller Vestigaard Tessem Hojberg Toldsvet Svenson Eklund Ostenstaad Bit short at full back, but a few goals in it .

One bonus this season is that Mark Hughes and his mates will finally be of the books. Managers can apparently draw their salary every month if the haven't yet found a new gig, until the end of the contract . Call me cynical, but that might explain why he has been all over the TV lately, trying to find another mugg.

Aside from the whole racist text thing and Bojo and Patels role in it, when you consider the lazer incident. The booing of national anthems, the inability of Wembley to run a security cordon , there is absolutely no chance of England getting the 2030 world Cup. The only way they could have less chance is if Dido Harding was running it.

I switched over to French TV as the commentary was soo bad, it was starting to make me cheer for Denmark. My command of French isn't so good to notice if the mentioned Jensen going off. No wonder England looked so comfortable defending the lead .

ITV commentators crack me up, they are so bad. When the Danes had that break at 1 nil , he said it was a great cross by Hojberg, but he had 4 players to pick out and he missed the lot. If he had done that while he was playing for Saints I would have done my nut. Also, them bigging up the save from Sterling, Sterling hit him in the middle of the chest. Crap finish, end of! An Italian or Argentinian striker would have put it in the top corner, Che Adams would have hit the same spot as Sterling !

Don't knock Frank Lampard, if he hadn't broken Timo Werner , England might not have got to the semi final

I think it is down to the players. The better ones, like Salisu, are giving us 2 years, then they expect to be off to CL club

Game of 3 chances, and England took both of theirs. Not sure what the commentators saw in Saka, he won an early free kick and did nothing after that. What is going on in the Bundesliga when there only CF is Werner ?

The next sentence should have read " So I left Le Tissier, one of the best penalty takers of all time, at home and we went out on penalties " .

Che is MOM so far, looks so confident. If we can get him to aim for the corners, rather than blast it down the middle, he will be some player.

For positive reinforcement of existing views and prejudices ?

For me his starting position is all wrong. He seems to be off his line far too early and is easily chipped. I haven't seen a keeper chipped so much sing the London Saints tour to Seville ( sorry Reggie ).

I know it is a strange squad, but are you saying Southgate was dropping acid when he picked it ?

I don't think he will sign until the transfer window closes. Keeping his options open.

Agree with all of that. Ralph has improved a lot of players. shame he can't do it with Vallery and Jankrwitz.

He fucked up a good breakaway before that when he lost control of the ball when we had men over.

Minamino funked up 2 good chances with bad touches , the one on one and a great break before that. 2 bad bits of defending and it's all gone. 2nd half has started and Redmond is still on the pitch WTF

According to the Guardian, he is suspended for this one, although Lille are appealing because one booking was not filed properly. Let's not forget Jeremy Pied is there too. We could have done with him this year as cover for KWP.

Like Saint_Jonny, I thought we played well for the first hour. Leeds are a side that you definitely need the first goal against, as it opens the game up and they can no longer rely on their brilliant counter attacks. Our two wide men weren't great, yesterday, although the new system of a hybrid 3 at the back does keep them looking over their shoulders a bit, Also, I wish KWP would hug the touchline more. In the last 15 minutes he kept running into the crowd of defenders, rather than try and draw them out. I switched channels after the 2nd so didn't hear the booing, although I did see people leaving early, FFS , there were only 8,000 fans, it would not take you long to get out of the stadium, plus it was an early KO, so plenty of trains to get you home!

From memory you NEED Staff canteen . Secure perimeter Enough Internet connections for 100 photographers behind each goal. Expand the press box to accommodate the extra demand. Radio links between all staff teams Vip greeters Replace all the adverts with Uefa sponsors. Build a massive TV studio with secure back ups Drug test facility Media tent

I think people under estimate how much work goes into these type of events. I was a volunteer for Eur02106 in Bordeaux and started work 4 weeks before the first game. There are all sorts of contractors needed, for signage etc, covering up existing advertising, IT, project management, TV etc. You can't just move them all at the last minute, as they would have to quarantine for two weeks.