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Lingard had a great 8 weeks... but he tailed off quite badly by the end of the season. I really don’t see what he offers England that others don’t personally

Unless Henderson gets a new injury we’re stuck with him now. Big gamble from GS though

It’s been politicised by those on both sides of the argument, but that doesn’t change the fact that the gesture is about ending discrimination against black people. The only people who cannot see that are those who don’t want to see it...

If JV goes then I hope we’re looking at Ajer from Celtic as a replacement. Available for £6m according to the press, and we’ve had a great return from all the players we’ve signed from Celtic over the years (I know some with disagree re FF!!]

A lot may depend on how fit Henderson & Philips are by the weekend. If they aren’t recovering well then we need a CM. Rice has a knock as well apparently. That said Lingard is better further forward and we have a wealth of talent there so would have to be jwp I would think

Signing for Leicester is a weird one. He’s going from being first choice at Saints to a bit part player. I can’t imagine Leicester are paying a huge amount more than we would be, and also I would have thought it’s a longer commute, given he allegedly lives in Surrey! Still, I hope he does well

No.... but Ings wouldn’t be the first player to lose form due to stuff going on off the pitch

Nah he’s been off form the last 6 months.... coincidentally since he was linked with spuds. Hopefully it is a coincidence because otherwise he’s let it blow what’s probably his last chance to make the England squad

Leaning quite heavily towards the get rid camp now.... I’d be happy with any of Potter, Gerrard or Lampard, or I’d even be happy to get Adkins back albeit he’s only recently taken a job. Whether they’re feasible I dunno It not the poor form but the lack of character shown by the team that bothers me. They just give up far too easily and if Ralph was capable of addressing that he would have done so by now

For me it was the semi final against Leicester when we just didn’t show up.... As good a position to win the FA Cup as we would ever likely to be with City, Utd & Liverpool out. Leicester were pretty crap on the day as well and were there for the taking. Otherwise we’ve had a comfortable season. We could have lost every game in 2021 and still stayed up - so I’m not sure any individual league game was important like say Swansea away was a few years ago

If anyone likes to be swayed by clueless football pundits who only watch 5mins of highlights, Garth Crooks is voting for JWP. Tbf JWP isn’t a bad shout, but it’s the final sentence here that makes me laugh

Have to disagree re Targett. He needed 1st team football to develop and took 18months as a 1st choice villain to become a good premier league fullback. We got great money for him as well to reinvest in the squad. Now we could do with him but it was the right decision to let him go when we did Ryan has been a great servant - sad to see him go

I think people on here need a bit of a reality check here... Che has 8 goals this season and only 28 other players in the premier league have more to date. In previous years in the top flight we would have loved a second striker who scored as many as that. His link up play is often superb as well. If he was our main goal scorer yes it’d be a problem but as second to ings he’s more than good enough for us. Our main issue for me is lack of goals from midfield, where you would only back jwp and Armstrong to score 5+ a season, and jwp only does that because of his free kick ability

The best example for me was the Brighton game. We went in at half time level and in the ascendency. Potter changed formation at half time and Brighton bossed the game in the second half. I get what people are saying about lack of quality but are we really saying we have less than Brighton FFS.... Ralph needs to be able to switch to another style and react

Someone may have mentioned this already but I think Gerrard from Rangers may be a good option. He’s done really well there and would be able to attract talent like Koeman did. Whether he’d be interested is up for debate - more challenging league but lack of funds obvs works against us. I’d like Potter as well, but we’re hardly a big step up from Brighton at this point... Lampard isn’t a bad shout but I’d hope for a little better

Everton fans are being quite funny on Twitter on the mo talking about how they’re “the peoples club” as the club put out a statement saying they are against the proposals.... conveniently forgetting the reason Everton’s owners will be against it is because they weren’t invited to be a part of it 😂

Nah... he’s a quality manager but the style of play is crap. I’d rather us play entertaining football even if it means we don’t finish as high up in the league. Be nice to some entertaining football full stop sometime soon though

Can’t believe Finn is only 32! I agree shame to see his decline. We’ve signed Cameron Steel today. Seems to have a decent pedigree but has had a tough couple of years. Article says it’s cover, and for only the next couple of months. Will be interesting to see if he gets a game https://www.ageasbowl.com/cricket/news/cameron-steel-joins-hampshire-on-loan/

Seeing the clips today of Ryan Giggs brother today make me glad that our legends are just a bit thick, rather than actual scumbags

Passed 400! I wonder what the record score for the first day of the uk season is? Can’t be too many 400+ scores given how treacherous early season conditions usually are

Some of you lot really need to go outside and get some fresh air... the sh*t you argue about 😂🤣

I think the enforced break for injury has helped him recover from being a bit fatigued. Great to see some form from him today As for his contract, I think it’s clear he’ll see who comes in for him in the summer. If it’s someone good he’ll go, if not he’ll sign a new contract I expect.

Why aren’t you talking amount?? That’s the very definition of better in football terms. Would you rather a 10 goal a season striker who only scores screamers, or a 20 goal striker who only scores tap-ins???

Is JWP a £50m player? No Should we be selling someone like JWP for less than £50m? No! JWP is great for teams like us. He’s a very good Premier League player, but is not good enough to make the first team of the top 6/7. We should never sell for anything other than a stupid offer, as for the money we raise from his sale otherwise won’t be enough to effectively replace him.

I hope he paid the club the 5p bag tax...