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I think we'd take them. I think Mings & Stones would handle it- but I certainly would have palpitations if we stick with the fullback combination we had today

I would think that Gerrard already knows what he wants to achieve, no need for feelers. Lets face it, keep going like he's going and he is pretty much the only choice when Southgate departs.

I don't get this stuff about the 1982 England kit- we failed wearing that kit. Its like I can't even look at CCFC 11/12 kit, even though I really like it we got relegated wearing it.

I dunno. Looking back at things, I'm massively (but sensibly) optimistic. Mings was immense, Phillips looked like he's been an international for years, it was a great start against a very good side. Would love to see Grealish against Scotland (but who do you drop?), and I don't trust Kyle...

So having seen our first game earlier, how do we match up against these two? I think either of these two teams would suit us, it would be frenetic and fast and that would suit us I reckon. If we tried to be cautious we'd get beaten but if we cut loose I think we'd beat both of these, and it...

Certainly beats the 0-0s we used to have v Wimbledon anyway

Gerrard's career is already mapped out isn't it: Rangers -> Liverpool -> England Its his to lose

Clive Eakin would be going mad if he was doing commentary I think they scrapped that rule?

haha- I was absolutely delighted but we should have got to the final with that route we had. I wasn't disagreeing with you at all.

Don't get me wrong, it can't be that there are none, but they just never break through. I thought Eddie Howe was nailed on before Southgate got it- let him grow into the role and 'build a dynasty'. The way the Premier League works though, the senior England players probably would have looked...

They whacked Argentina in the group stage and came top, we just sneaked past Tunisia and got outplayed by Belgium. History would suggest that England should never be favourites in tournament football whenever up against a decent footballing nation.

And thats our own fault, we shouldn't be allowed to just whack out the chequebook and spend millions on a Capello or a Sven- the onus should be on us to address the issues in our own game that have meant we have had no top class English managers, or at least address the issues that mean no...

We may have been favourites v Croatia in the eyes of the media, not in the eyes of people who understand the game though

Because if you have a manager thats not English you're admitting you don't have the quality within your country. Its actually a bit embarrassing. When was the last time Italy, Spain, France, Holland or Germany had an overseas manager? I have some fond memories of Sven's time but the manager...

this could be game of the tournament if they keep this up

yes but if there are so many options name one? imho we’re doomed as long as the Premier League retains its absolute dominance over the game, nobody else has a similar situation. last English manager to win the top division?Howard Wilkinson, 1992

my take on that is that he has potential to be one of the great England managers, but you only get so long in that zone before you move to the ”failure” category. He needs to win something.

beckham said afterwards that we were shot mentally, bottled it and wilted in the heat v Brazil

We should have won in 2006, that was our year. We had Terry, Ferdinand, Cole (both of them), Campbell, Beckham, Gerrard, Lampard, Owen, Rooney. Thats on Sven for not turning them into a team.

But thats the same for every other team, not just us. And we are the only major footballing nation on earth to have never got to a final since 1966. Actually is that right? Uruguay & Belgium? But their combined populations are less than London. Since 1966, finalists of major tournaments...