doddisalegend

252 appearances as a professional footballer a 131 goals which is roughly a goal every two games...poor finisher my arse.

If they wanted him that bad they would have offered us a lot more money the just splurged £35mill on another player.

Well to use your argument the why doesn't matter MoPe ****ed up not starting Austin right from the start of the season because he will get you goals.

He was fit at the beginning of last season and MoPe didn't start him for 10 games those extra games would have been enough to get him into your magic 10-15 bracket last season imo.

Isn't that the point about Austin though in a full season he'd be more than capable of 10-15 goals the reason he has managed only 7 the last two seasons has been injuries (and even then he has still been our top scorer). The issue isn't is he capable of 15 goals in a full season but can he we get a full season out of him.

Guess they don't need him now they have Tadic?

So he was wanted by a host of clubs across Europe but ends up choosing Fulham?

Southampton goalkeeper Fraser Forster is no longer a starter at St. Mary's and some Celtic fans are keen to see him return. http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2018/07/11/apparently-loan-listed-some-celtic-fans-want-fraser-forster-re-s/ Forster is no longer the player he once was, but he hasn't become a bad goalkeeper overnight either. He lost his place in the Southampton team more as a result of McCarthy taking his chance and playing well, rather than the Englishman being a total calamity. He remains a decent shot stopper who is physically imposing and commanding in the air, and Celtic, even though they are not currently linked with him, could do worse than to sign him up on loan or on the cheap, with Craig Gordon and Dorus de Vries both ageing. I guess the author hasn't seen any saints games the last two seasons. Get it done Les...

If Glen Murray can get 12 Austin certainly can with a run in the team. As you say Mope wouldn't even play him early last season despite the fact he is our best striker (even though he looks slow, overweight, unfit and incapable of doing a lot of the basics of football) through his career he has averaged a goal every two games.

Seems to me throughout the competition England's best spells of play where always the first 20-25 minutes of a game and then we seemed to tail of in most games. We did better than I expected but can't say I really ever thought we looked like a really good team we never really had much creativity from open play. Having said that Southgate did a good job of playing to the squads strengths I think especially attacking set pieces. We kind of a world cup version of last seasons Burnley and worked for us up to a point.

Have I said we shouldn't sign another striker? I've been saying we need a proper CF since Pelle left. I'm just pointing out that teams finished in the top 10 scoring a similar number of goals as us last season. Had our defence been more Burnley like last season we could have finished Top 10. My big concern is we get the defence sorted for this season the first pre-season games still suggest our defence is a mess. If we can be solid at the back it gives us a platform to be more adventurous going forward.

worked for Burnley last season

You have a real problem with Austin did he knock you of your bike or something? As for not screaming top 10. Burnley finished 7th scoring one less goal than us last season and Newcastle 10th scoring a whole 2 more goals than us last season if our defence had been better last season we would have been fine.

I bet there where plenty of England fans watching tonight who thought Young shouldn't be in the team.

We would have been one of the poorest sides to the win WC in many a year had we managed it. TBF we did well to get this far really.

and that's that..

Yeah I realise that. I just mean I wouldn't waste a sub on replacing Henderson because Dier is terrible and would get Loftus on because Ali has been **** poor since the second half.

Henderson for Dier what ?? Why would you not bring on Loftus-cheek

Been very quiet hasn't he.

Certainly the English defence are doing a good impression of Hoedt and Stephens

Yeah total ****.

Defence looks dodgy as ****

For a world cup semi this is a bit dull

he always liked a bit self-aggrandising no denying seems like he is laying off it these days.

Surely Mo has to be quicker than Tadic? Much as I loved Dusan he was painfully slow.