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After the introduction of EPPP, Brentford (and others) decided it simply wasn't in their interests to invest in developing young players only to have them poached by bigger clubs for a fraction of their true worth. As with pretty much everything in football, it's all dictated by the Premier...

Agreed but also makes Southgate look daft now for not including him in any of the warm-up squads. How is he supposed to be up to speed with the tactical setup etc.? The whole handling of him (and others given the leaks) is very odd.

Mental. Signed a new 3 year contract less than 3 weeks ago. Admittedly Wigan have been poor but keeping a newly promoted L1 team up in the Championship is one of the biggest challenges there is.

It was the same with Grealish at the Euros in fairness. The clamour then was Sterling should be dropped & we should build the team around Grealish... Look how that panned out.

Henderson is so far past it it's not funny, really he should be nowhere near the squad. Just shows how unbalanced we are when a player like Maddison probably won't get in yet we're relying on players like Henderson in other areas.

Possibly but does he have the discipline to play that role for Southgate's England? And even if he does would we see the best of him in doing so? The reason he's doing so well for Leicester is he's basically given a free role, can't see that working with England.

Hardly comparable tbf. He almost has to take Phillips if there's a chance he'll be fit as we only have 2 competent deep midfielders otherwise. What if Rice or Bellingham get injured in the opening game? On an individual level no doubt Maddison deserves a place, he can't really do much more, but...

In my opinion no, he has zero command of his 6 yard box & there's been numerous times where Fadz has berated him as a result. I'm stunned more teams don't whip more corners under the crossbar (a la Hamer style). In fairness though, as he's grown in confidence he has improved on his communication...

I think that's the point @shmmeee was (clumsily) trying to make. 😁

At least his are from actually trying to make tackles though.

He does play through the middle sometimes but predominantly off the left, it wasn't a deliberate ploy to target Eccles who I thought played him really well.

It's a very fair point though, clean sheets aren't really down to him much if he's not having to do anything. You are of course correct about that being the defence's job but they are going well above & beyond in restricting meaningful opportunities from the opposition. Wilson is far better...

Yep, was clearly miles off too, called it straight away. Lazy from Keane tbh.

Absolutely. I have said it before but we don't use our wingbacks in the way some expect or in the way a lot of other teams do. They are not supposed to be our primary creators, in possession they should be getting as high & wide as possible to create space in the centre for the likes of O'Hare &...

Nope

We have had a total of 275 Crosses, or 15.3 per game vs 410 against us or 22.8 per game. In terms of accuracy we are stone dead last with just 2.6 accurate per game. Although, as a percentage (18.1%), Cardiff are marginally worse (17.6%). Last night was a bit of an anomaly as we had a massive...

He's already had the ban

Not to mention the recruitment team for seeing the potential despite the rough edges.

Yeah, it was the Swansea fans that said he was the worst player they've ever had 🤭

Ivan Toney?