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I am certain he'd be open to it, whether the stars will align for him or not is another thing entirely. I can't see him hanging around at Sunderland for the long term however.

Honestly, just one year i would love the club to go with something like that.

Absolutely stunning. Just out of curiosity i added in a bit of navy (i think prefer the white sock version of the below):

Good job they're going bankrupt i guess - now is our chance to take over...

Nice shirt - where is the rest of it... I.e., what does the back look like, and whats the shorts and socks! The suspense is terrible... 😄 Edit... oh... we're full black shorts and socks? That's different.

The first 3 clips of that video, he picks up the ball with a flat back 4 in front of him and scores a cracking goal. Reminds me a little bit of lallana when he had his championship promotion season with us - supporting the attack, good feet and off the ball movement, and a tidy finish. He also looks like he scores all kinds of goals - arriving late, edge of box curlers, headers, running off the defender etc. All of them good finishes as well. I reckon he could be used all across the front 4 for saints subject to formation. Given his proven Championship record to date for a young player, i wouldn't be upset if we did pay up £8-10M on him myself.

The entire tournament and any associated records have been hugely devalued. Let alone with the blatant corruption and manipulation by fifa.

When do people think they'll actually be a decision on this? Surely it has to be this month, ideally before the world cup finishes?

Don't know what you're talking about Skint, "its coming home!!!!"

Not even in respect of these stats, but i find it hard to believe there is anyone who doesn't think there is a least a degree of interference and fixing in this world cup. The integrity of the whole competition just feels incredibly tarnished to me.

He's a decent prospect and did well for them this season - reckon he'll be one to hear more about in coming seasons - not clear he is what we need right now however.

We wasted 4 major tournaments under him, and 3 of the easiest runs to a final you could ever dream of.... Let alone that Italy loss to an aged side that haven't qualified for a major tournament since. Give tuchel that final and England waltz to a second major trophy 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️. Now we have a diminished squad with an aging kane (likely on his last tournament), and I still have more confidence that we'll do the business because tuchel is actually a tactically astute manager. Being shit but better than previous failure isn't good, it's still just failing. We knighted a guy who made a career out of losing at wembley on penalties 😂

Southgate didn't win a single game he wasn't favourite for, and even then we laboured past most of them. That win last night beats any other world cup win going back to at least the 1980s. That's basically put of memory for anyone under 40... I challenge the boo boys who weren't impressed to name many better ones that someone under 40 is going to recall... That's half a lifetime.

Wasn't it something like 7goals and assists in his opening 7 games. He also beat Beckham's set peice record imo, he scored direct from a corner... But not credited 🫤😄

Anyone calling JWP a journeyman has clearly lost perspective on him.

Really? JWP on good wages and a free transfer / loan in the championship is an absolute no brainer, especially with the amount of fouls saints tend to get 😅

Plenty of MPs across the house that could fit under that description sadly.

I agree it gives them an extremely novel advantage in this world cup, simply because they are the only side that is fully acclimatized to it. Sadly though, it is what it is. England still have fitter and stronger players than Mexico with more ability, might help to not be massive favorites for it and set up to defend and counter as well.

When you watch the replay, this guy had the prime seat, he knew it was in, and was jumping up before everyone else 😄

He was sold by Spors/Still prior to Eckert taking the reigns, to be replaced by Downs and considered a worse prospect than Archer for the team. Both terrible calls. We won't always play 1 big man up top, and equally there are numerous times where Eckert changed it up to go 2 Strikers or to introduce pace. Dom Ballard should still be on the books, he's a very promising and young home grown player who was top scorer in the league below whilst playing for an awful (and nearly relegated) side. He'd be very cheap and competent depth for the first team squad, would almost certainly be a money spinner for SR, and to be frank, should never have been let go in the first place compared to the money spent (wages/transfer/agent fees) for Downs and Archer.

Bad business if we let Bristol City sign Ballard when we can pick him up for a 22% discount. He could absolutely do a job for us this season.

Someone should probably make this case to the FA - ban him from saints and he'll unleash the Germans on us at the next Euros 😆

Its their last game anyway. Just feel really sorry for him - they're attack is generally quite shit and absolutely struggles for composure and finding the final pass - the mere presence and movement of Larin was one of the few things that made it work.

He's their best central attacker without question. Actually mad by Marsch.

She also said, "South Africa did much better against South Africa" 😄