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It’s very very unlikely; the guy himself said he wants to be at a big club within 3 years (think that was at the start of last season as well). However, Dijon relegated and past interest from us, as well as the knowledge we wouldn’t stand in his way…

Absolutely. When you think about the players that will have a further 18 months of top level football under their belt (thinking Bellingham, Sancho, Mount, Foden) it’s quite frightening. One massive concern is that as Harry Kane starts to fade, which hopefully is still at least 3-4 years away...

Grendel tried to suggest that there wasn’t a single attribute Giles possessed which was better than McCallum. Is it ok to say McCallum was the better player but isn’t really a wing back and we need someone with more attacking impetus? Do QPR play a back 4?

I’m sure France felt like this after 2016. I have absolute (and, quite probably, misguided) confidence that we’ll win the World Cup in Qatar. Separate note, but I’m struggling quite badly with post-tournament blues. Don’t know what to do with myself.

I think there’s one eye on Waghorn providing that cover.

Afraid I can’t find it anywhere, but it was a stat I heard when watching a Champions League shootout about 2-3 years ago (I think it was that recent).

Yep. At the outset of this “it’s just flu” was a bit of a slur that I’m sure a good proportion of us fell into. “Treat it like flu” will literally mean that we have vaccines now and are likely heading towards boosters, so it is broadly similar to the way we manage flu season.

And if we were to go 4 at the back, it pretty much rules Fadz out of contention.

Agree. It’s the first potential decider. I’ve no doubt that it was a ‘lead from the front’ type decision but I’d actually put your weakest taker of the 5 first.

If I’m not mistaken, the team who: - take the first penalty - miss first - are the away team (technically they were) have a statistical advantage of winning a shootout. Just so happened that Italy ticked all of the boxes. Might be a bit of a stretch but I think Kane going first was wrong...

With 18 months more of top-tier football under his belt, is Bellingham that player?

Just woken up. Gutted (and sleep deprived). We sat back a bit too much and didn’t have the pace on the counter that would have forced them back. But hey, it’s a system that worked against Germany and others, and I think Southgate had bought the trust to do what he saw fit last night. It didn’t...

You say “stage one complete”. If you listen to the video, stage one was for England to win the u20 World Cup in 2017. We did. We’ve now completed stage two.

Is this having fish and chips on a particular day or ever? Because I can’t give up fish and chips forever.

Shame as he looked good when coming on vs Denmark.

But now you’ve started a different argument. Norwich lost 7 games last season and won the league at a canter. If the game against Forest was make or break I’d get it. It’s not, so I don’t.

That’s mental.

I think people are a little misguided if they think winning tomorrow won’t really make a difference, and it’ll be just back to usual with the friendlies and qualifiers. This would be massive for the entire country, the general elation would be immense. Even non-football fans getting swept up by it.

Ah, David Platt. Who knew that he’d go from scoring that volley vs Belgium to having such a successful career on Coronation Street.

Some of the stuff in there is fucking mind bending. Sample size of 1,025 adults and 26% of them want nightclubs and casinos permanently closed? Mandatory quarantine after holidays? 10pm curfews forever? Who have they asked?!