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Ben White it is then, absolute error from Southgate after last night especially. Every time England get a free kick or corner, large parts of the fanbase will be calling for JWP - and when England eventually get knocked out after a lacklustre performance vs a better side, Southgate will have absolutely nowhere to hide from his selection cock ups. There is a silver lining in all this. JWP gets a rest and hopefully he doesn't feel he needs to leave to get international recognition. And hopefully England do absolutely awful, because there is no way Southgate can be the man to take us into 2022.

Yup, we're going to play either a 4-5-1 or 5 at the back, and play counter attacking hit and run football. As with the world cup, this will work vs the poorer sides, but as soon as we come up against a Belgium / France etc they will simply out play us and win. If we aren't going to win the euros (which we won't barring a tactical miracle happening in Southgate's head),we actually need England to do badly enough for GS to get sacked. He cannot be allowed to take England into the world cup his current performances as a manager. We're entering a new golden generation - please don't let us waste it with Southgate.

She does look related to him.... but not sure how the apples have fallen like they have 🤣 https://www.sportbible.com/football/news-reactions-evra-brings-up-wilfried-zahas-alleged-fling-with-moyes-daughter-20200919

Except he was banging moyes' daughter at United... (allegedly).

Our shirt has a different stripe configuration to Brentford's as well (the opposite in fact), plus additional black trim, a collar, and a different back. Given the fact that their kit is predominantly white with red stripes, and ours is predominantly red with white stripes, i really struggle to see the fuss. People are acting like they've taken the sportsbet sponsor off our shirt and stuck on Brentford's sponsor.... I bet united fans are fuming that they've copied crew or Barnsley's etc kits for years. We play in red and white stripes (some of the time). Think it says a lot that fans have to get upset over our kids shirt being too similar to another team's kit.... Crikey!! That's a low bar for complaints about future kits....

A multimillionaire could do a lot with a street terraced houses 😅

Bad news for us if so. That's another team we're unlikely to finish above.

It really isn't. He's done little all season and Walker and James are better than him right now. He isn't the player from last season. He's been picked because Klopp QQ'd a river and it just goes to show the risks of picking players that have had injury issues over the course of the season. Also, why is tripper in the squad 🤣

TAA now injured and unable to walk off around the pitch without 2 guys holding up. Quality pick there Gareth at least Klopp won't be able to moan at you for picking him...

So just looked at it. We've got 2 strikers. If Kane gets injured or suspended our tournament hopes are as good as over. DCL is simply not good enough. Let alone Kane simply getting tired. How can we go with a 26 man squad and not pick suitable cover in the most pivotal area? At this point Watkins, Bamford and ings etc have been dropped for sako, a 3rd/4th right back, and sancho (when we already have sterling, rashford, grealish, foden, Mount). That's essentially 7 possible wingers in 2 spots 😆. As for right backs. TAA, walker, tripper, James... Why are there 10 defenders, 4 right backs and 7 wingers 🙈... like wtf. With our attacking talent we should be one of the clear favourites for this tournament - reckon the minimum we should be expecting is semis or finals. But we are very blatantly about to turn up and play with 4/5 defenders and two central midfielders. At least we'll have some quality counter attacking wins vs minnows like the Czechs and Scotland to look forward to. My biggest fear is that we are predictably shite but progress far enough for Southgate to get to the world Cup and waste yet another generation of talented players. FFS.

When are our away and 3rd kits being released?

Man ffs. I've always had a little soft spot for Wrexham and was thinking i'd start following them (as my lower league team - along with Bristol Rovers) under Deadpool's stewardship. Is there no escaping Les F'ing Reed?

I suspect he's just keeled over to be honest.

Agreed. Its bad enough that Southgate is a bang average manager with next to no tactical nuance. Watching him mismanage that squad in the big games is so hard. But if he then drops Ings for Watkins and DCL, and JWP for Philips i'll be supporting St Stu and St Adams.

Sounds like he's missed out then. Harsh if true.

I doubt its genuine but could be wrong. It seems to appear every summer as a fan mock up.

Stunning home kit for me. Also love the detailing of the Dell and St Mary's.

Cheers Craig! Excited to see how it looks!

Danny fox, big Jos, STEVE, butterfield, Aaron Martin, Frazer Richardson, Chaplow, Sharpe and David Connolly to name a few no doubt. We had a young Lallana and Morgan (who lets be honest were new players at that level) and went on to develop into better and better players. We had Lambert who had never played at that level, Fonte who was a good solid player at that level, and a young cork who went on to have a decent enough prem career. The rest were league 1 / lower championship players. (not aimed at you SOG) - but that is not a strong championship squad. I do not understand the expectation that Adkins should have won the championship. Its like saying city could keep aguero (lambert), foden (lallana), diaz (fonte) and fernandinho (morgan). Then replace the rest of their team with a bunch of Burnley, saints, and palace players and still expect they win the league. Just doesn't hold water for me. He was a great manager for saints, agree that he was the right man at the right time. But we'd have been fine under him in the prem.

We'd have been a far more stable club under him, and we'd have had far less concerns over loyalty. To me, he's the biggest legend of those times, along with Lambert. And if we do ever get relegated, i would have him back.

The most important result is surely the 9-0. Brought the club properly back down to reality and highlighted exactly how much work still has to be done.

No No No. its all Eric Black's fault.

We're knackered now. Fair play to leeds. Read/Played us like a book.

VAR is just match fixing by the back door.

Where were the lines? That was clearly offside by today's standards. Also this ref has had a mare with respect to letting leeds' challenges go, not giving corners etc.