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Foden is not overrated at all, but he’s struggling to impose himself on the game around Bellingham and Kane. He had moments to influence the game he misplaced passes against Serbia and Iceland - you can’t blame that on Southgate or his position He’s played AM for England before and hasn’t...

I just don’t see the benefit of playing Bellingham deeper in a two when he’s been our best player in the last two tournaments. Bellingham has played all but 4 games this season at AM whereas Foden has played more games as a LW/RW than AM. Iniesta played out of position in LW in the great...

I don’t disagree, but the idea peddled on social media on here is that Foden would magically become the main man if he played CAM. I’m sorry, he hasn’t done this yet in an England shirt and yesterday he had the freedom to roam, especially in that first 30-40m. Bellingham imposed himself on the...

It’s the most important game in the group stage, we beat Serbia and we’re more or less guaranteed to progress to the KO rounds. With Slovenia and Denmark needing a win, we can expect those games to more open up to exploit those teams. We won, job done. Started really well and it’s up to...

Both under Southgate too.

On Wales, in 2022 Starmer said the Welsh devolved assembly would be a ‘blueprint for what Labour could do across the country’… Wales is a basket case. It trialled things like the universal basic income and the 4 day working week - both scrapped. Has the highest economic inactivity in the UK and...

Is that relating to rising interest rates?

Which is actually worse when you think about it…

Yes, but his bid to win Tory leadership and 2019 GE was to ‘get Brexit done’ and break a constitutional deadlock that was plaguing this country. That was delivered for better or worse.

You’d think that, but I actually supported Starmer’s bid to become Labour leader. All due respect Pete, well meaning platitudes isn’t enough to get this country (or the West as a whole) out of this rut.

Well, at least the conversation around the NHS won’t dumbed down to ‘it’s all the Tories fault’ and that they have ‘systematically and deliberately underfunded’ the NHS. This prospective Labour government knows it can’t just throw money at the NHS like many people want it to.

The root of it is Starmer’s leadership, in reality he’s a slippery man. Says one thing to get elected by the Labour membership, will say whatever needs to be said to be elected by the country. In reality, there won’t be a clear mandate to change anything meaningful with the majority he’ll have...

We already know what’s going to follow a Labour government looking at New Zealand and Germany. Starmer definitely tried to model himself on Schloz and maybe even Aldern too. The German economy is the ‘sick man’ of Europe atm and Aldern’s tenure ended in failure; crime, immigration and housing...

Fair enough, I’ll preface my post with the belief that the Tories deserve to be kicked out. That said, a lot of left leaning people in my friends and family seem to be primarily voting against the tories rather than their optimism for Starmer and the Labour Party policy programme. Call it a...

A microcosm of why wealth transfers rarely work out is lottery winners. You can give people money but if they don’t know how to use it, it’s useless and they’ll end up going back to square one or worst. Likewise, many people are ‘trapped’ in benefits because of how UC works. For lower paid...

I only tuned into 2nd half as was out for dinner. Didn’t really get the love in from the pundit team and felt that had England put in a similar performance tomorrow, the mood wouldn’t be quite so cheery. Before the tournament, I felt Italy would win their group and felt that Spain looked quite...

There’s the not so minor difference that the UK is an island and does not share a customs border with any of its neighbours. So comparison with EU countries is flawed from the get go. The railway infrastructure is a mess though. Outsourcing rather than out and out privatising/nationalising the...

It’s not strange at all, Sakamoto was ‘announced’ because fans pictured him in gear before it went on socials. I’m sure it’s done and they’ll announce the formalities when they’re ready.

I can see Scotland pulling this back… 👀😂

I don’t see Germany winning it to be honest, they’ve got some good players but as you say, lack a top striker. Their midfield doesn’t hold up against the top teams either, imo.