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I know that you believe that everyone is like you, but, fortunately not everyone is a narcissist. If you read my post again and engage your brain you will see that it is not about me at all.

Not everyone thinks that his death is a laughing matter. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/jay-slater-body-found-tenerife-autopsy-cause-of-death-b2581019.html

Do they know that you think that it is funny when a young lad falls into a ravine and dies? Do they know that you post laughing emojis on a thread about death and destruction in Gaza? Do they know that you were kicking off on a football forum about have to pay a ULEZ charge when you go and see Gramps and put your concern about a few quid before your concern that your vehicle pollutes the air he breathes? You’re a diamond aren’t you hypo?

Good for them. I was talking about the LBC news report. This gives the reasons why Starmer’s government might consider PR down the line. https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/17/labour-divided-over-calls-to-scrap-first-past-the-post-after-landslide-win

You mock the death of 19 year old Jay Slater and you call me a weirdo? You also called me an “awful person.” At least I don’t laugh at the death of innocent people. Do you think your family would be proud of you if they read the stuff you post on here?

Another day. Another atrocity.

Don’t mind the shirts although the bib effect is a bit strange. Much prefer the home shirt to last year’s effort. Is the third kit really pink? Agree with everyone about the sponsor’s logo.

Just heard a news report about the Gething resignation. The only other person mentioned in the news report was Farage. 649 other MPs and they quote him on the situation. If anyone is in any doubt about how much attention this bloke gets in the media, this is a prime example of his ability to be heard. Ok Weston, feel free to comment again.

Plenty of people post about Farage but he doesn’t mention them. I wonder why?

There has been talk of the FA appointing an interim manager if needed. That will remind us old’uns of the time Joe Mercer was given that role in 1974. After a period of very staid football under Ramsey who insisted on picking workhorses whilst ignoring the “flare” players as they were known at the time. Joe came in and played them all! It was a joy to watch his England teams play. And then we got Don Revie!

It didn’t bother me in the slightest. In fact I was unhappy with his sacking as evidenced by my posts on here at the time. His aim was to get us promoted. He was successful in that aim. As usual you just need a cloud to shout at. By the way, google successful international football nations and let me know if you find England anywhere remotely near the top of a list. Did Southgate leave because he was successful? Are the team having an open topped ride through London this weekend because they have been so successful in Germany? They did well to get to the final. Doing well doesn’t equate to being successful (unless of course the FA and Southgate’s aim was always to be runners up, in which case he knocked it out of the park two competitions running!). Oh, and what do my parenting abilities have to do with my opinion of Gareth Southgate’s performance as England manager?

Potter currently favourite. If we are going home grown he gets my vote.

Man down already. https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/16/vaughan-gething-resigns-first-minister-wales

We need more Bibi Stockholms - generate more work for our shipbuilding industry at the same time as solving the prison crisis! 😉

No surprise that you posted this given the laughing emojis after Gaza posts. We are supposed to show Trump due respect after a failed assassination attempt but you are quite happy to have a laugh at 19 year old Jay’s death. Classy.

It depends how you define success. If not bringing home a trophy is being successful, we have bossed it from 1968 onwards! 😉

To be fair to the “media luvvies” they have played the game at the highest level and are only saying what everyone else has been saying. We have all ben disappointed with the team selections and tactics. We all want our team to do us proud. I expect ex internationals who haven’t won anything either are even more keen that we finally win something. You only have to look at the reaction of the likes of Wright and Shearer when we score that it means as much to them now as it did back in their playing days. I think that the issue with Southgate is that he not learnt from his mistakes early on and that’s why the pros get so frustrated.

The same Elon Musk who wouldn’t let Ukraine us his satellite system for military purposes 🤔

And yet Southgate failed every time he came up against a quality side. It has been said many times and it is true, he has been very lucky in the draws. I know you only beat what is in front of you but you must wonder what his record would look like if he had met the quality teams earlier.

I don’t disagree that he is only concerned with himself, but he did manage to whip up enough noise to help force Cameron to hold a referendum on Brexit and I don’t think he can be under estimated in the political scene. He manages to make minor issues into major issues and knows how to press buttons. He also knows how to play powerful political games - his late entry into the election race probably did for the Tories more than Starmer’s policies.

I understand that we have only won one trophy, but if you think that not winning trophies makes you successful, then I would suggest that it is you who is the stupid twat.

Every England manager except Sir Alf Ramsey have been losers. What is your point?

It’s like a monkey on the back of the players. They are under massive pressure before they even kick a ball. We need to get rid of this “it’s coming home” nonsense and learn to enjoy the tournaments for what they are, not some sort of endorsement of us being some kind of super race of entitled to sit at the top table because of who we’re are. As has been said on here many times, we are the international football equivalent of Southampton FC, nothing more. I feel sorry for the next guy. Not only will he be expected to get us to finals or semi finals at least, he will be expected to do it playing like Spain or Brazil. No pressure then!

I agree that he is a top bloke and a decent human being. He is not, however, a winner. As I heard someone else say today, coming second is just top of the list of losers. Being successful means winning something. He hasn’t done that. His limitations have been there for all to see and sadly he has not learnt from them as he progressed through the job. Frankly I don’t care who succeeds him so long as they set teams up to win rather than not lose. I wish him every success in the future but he probably needs to have a job “upstairs” or move into something different. He would make a very good politician.

Gareth Southgate would make an excellent MP. Get him on board Sir Keir!