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Realistically, UEFA will only expand it and I’m not against that, but let’s reduce the qualification process because I agree the competition would be weaker. It’s fundamentally unfair, for example, that the teams in the later groups know exactly what they need to progress so it becomes like a...

I honestly think it’s ruining the group stages at the Euros. To reflect on last nights game, but this applies elsewhere too, Slovenia were happy for a draw even if they finished 3rd place. In this round of games, Romania and Slovakia both know they’re through irrespective of that happens in the...

Good shout! The tram was only the second worst 45 minute experience I had that evening… Looking forward to a nice break for the booze and terrible diet now! 😂

Well, with France being on the other side of the draw we really ought to be making the final roster if there are no more surprises in the group. My big hope is that we’ll get a big result against the Dutch, people get the ‘Southgate you’re the one’ song going and the narrative around the team...

I have no qualms with the squad selection going into the tournament, the only real ‘debate’ was the midfield i.e. should Trent play there or Bellingham/Foden. Now that’s been ‘discredited’ people don’t know what to do. It irritates me when the pundits then turnaround and call more or less the...

Was the reason to get minutes in his legs for the KO rounds. He really played 90m the weeks leading up to the camp, same with Kane too. Bellingham was awful last night and if he’s unfit, I’d start Foden 10, drop Bellingham and start Palmer for Saka. At least last nights performance showed that...

Was at the game yesterday and well, it wasn’t great. That midfield area was a real problem area now and before the tournament. Mainoo not Wharton are players that will give us the ‘control’ we need in games. There’s a lot of finger pointing at the manager, but there was far too many poor...

Honestly, his form after Jan/Feb would’ve turned off a lot of potential suitors. I’m still of the mindset that he’s not proven he can make that step up yet. If he re-signed and hit that Dec-Jan form over a longer period, he’ll have offers and at least this time we can profit. It would take the...

Count Binface?

Believe it or not, Farage is younger than Starmer… I couldn’t believe it when I’d checked because Starmer looks a lot younger! It will be interesting to see how Labour’s vote total compares to Tory + Reform totals because I maintain that the public hates the tories more than they love Starmer...

Agreed, it’s so easy to get out of the group you really need to have a stinker as a ‘good’ team.

This is what I’m saying. I don’t care about the performances too much as this stage as long as win the group. The tournament starts (properly) next week. Plenty of teams have had mediocre group stages and won tournaments so it’s not like we ‘need’ to dominate every game. To be honest, a fit and...

I’m sorry, but you’re missing my point entirely. I agree we’ve been below par but at this stage of the tournament, it’s irrelevant. We’re on course to win the group and it doesn’t matter if we win every game 5-0 or we come top with 5 points. Case in point is the World Cup where both teams lost...

Has the penny finally dropped for that the grass isn’t always greener and we’re probably (still) the best place for him to meet his ambitions? 😂

The Tories deserve to be wiped out, but to have them potentially not being HM’s official opposition is a scary thought for the sake of democracy. Some of the doomsday polls show the Tories and Lib Dems on 50-odd seats a piece. That’s barely more than governments official payroll and have to vote...

I’m sure you’d have took the same view of that game England put in the same performance. If this is Southgate’s last tournament and he’s so bad, we can look forward to golden age of English football where we win everything…

There’s no doubting that at all, the task is to just get out of the group and we’ve done that comfortably. There’s been many teams in many tournaments who looked rubbish in the group stages and gone on to win a tournament. Let’s not get it twisted, I’m not saying we’re on track to do well but...

The kind of performance that, had it been England, the team and Southgate would have been pilloried. Our performances haven’t been good, granted, however, every big team has had a bad game so far. A convincing win today will get people believing again. To be honest, I don’t think we need to...

Of course not Wingy… even I know that as a non-participant!

100% bang on, let’s see how many charges Chelsea, Man City and the tin pot likes of Forest rack up…