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Godden scored 1 league goal since September last season. First two Championship seasons, he was great for us but now he’s surplus to requirements. In my view, he doesn’t have physical qualities to stay at Championship standard.

Away too, the only benefit is that I’ve not Ashton Gate yet and there’s 30 points in offering.

I imagine Simms shot conversion % was dragged down with his disappointing 2023 compared to an electric 2024. I guess Asante would be ‘proven’ Championship quality that is affordable and happy to not be first choice.

It’s the easy side of the group because the we won our group and France came 2nd. Previous England teams have played themselves into the harder side of the draw by not winning the group. In 2002 and 2010 there was a good chance we could’ve gotten to a semi-final (at least) had we won the group...

Even if we got to, and lost, the final it can’t be considered a failure if really. If I was Southgate, I’d walk regardless of the result. We don’t win it all, he sacks off all the grief he gets regularly and if we win it, he resigns on a high. If France were in our bracket, I’d consider a SF...

Agreed, I spent €200 on the England match, which was ‘cheap’ considering most listings were €400 initially… which is the most I’ve spent on a footy match. Improvement is needed, 1000% agreed… the tournament so far has had so many underperforming favourites. Ourselves, France and Belgium in...

To be honest, looking at how this group stage has panned out, I don’t think our performances have been *that* bad. France, Belgium, Italy - 2nd place Netherlands - 3rd place Portugal - lost a game Germany - needed a stoppage time goal to avoid finishing 2nd The only team to come out best is...

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...