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Add these to the list: classic. Remember MLT, and Pahars in this Memories of Ricky Lambert

The best blue kits in my view have been the navy blue efforts (blue/sky Rank Xerox, or navy blue with yellow in L1). Both were designed as football shirts not a psychedelic mish mash.

Whoever accepted this design must be a complete moron. Shocking if true.

it is predominantly royal blue - should never happen. Design is hideous. All in all, an absolute abortion of a shirt. But I wouldn’t put it past them to go for something ‘different’

And lumbered himself with a poor squad including injury prone players, or those returning from injury.

Is that view based on his scoring record at Ipswich?

Perhaps they’ll take it to the final, and the Spanish can wave one about Gibraltar 🇬🇮 back at them.

Agree with you about Venables, always gets the media praise from the media chums, but overrated beyond achievement as far as England are concerned. Wasn’t aware of the lack of substitutions. Believe me I wasn’t making a case out for him by mentioning 1996. In truth we were distinctly average playing at home, the Netherlands game aside. But the point I was making is that for the SF we did have a go ( Gascoigne a few inches from connecting stands out) rather than last nights effort.

Not making a defence of his tactics or substitutions last night but there is some truth in this, as unpalatable as it seems. The England team have been ‘also rans’ for decades.

Fair points, but to go out in a whimper and without a fight is the galling thing. Losing a SF in 1990 or 96 where the team have gone toe to toe with quality opposition is different to the performance tonight in which we just retreated into our shell after scoring.

There’s a recording in the song ‘footballs coming home’ of Jimmy Hill saying “and we’ll go on getting bad results “. I think he said this after another poor exit from a tournament and was criticised and ridiculed for it at the time, but he’s been proven right. In the late 1970’s the French reorganised their game, the Germans have done something similar in the past, possibly more than once. How many trophies have they won since ? We reorganised didn’t we with the centre somewhere ? but have won fuck all. In that time we’ve gone through some world class players in the80’s, “the golden generation”, two Euro finals and a WC SF with Southgate, and tonight. But just don’t have the nous ,organisation, or nerve to see it through.

Might hinge on any release clause or agreement to let the player know of offers that the club agrees on signing them.

Not a ringing endorsement is it ? But several seem to think he might do okay and be better in his second season

Seen this on YouTube: seems to get on the end of a few knock downs here. Think we should also be looking for the bloke to provide those chances

Id have thought Dobbin was the Archer replacement. Lankshear: can’t see that happening. If Spurs let him go on loan they’ll want assurances that he’ll be playing regularly. Doubt we’d give that promise or commitment with Larin and Azon here.