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It was a really good finish after some pitiful defending. Even your xG (ex-gran) could see that.

Absolute bollocks, but condolences nonetheless to you and the rest of the Schmeichel family

Bassette tries hard but is miscast as a lone striker - shift him out wide if you want to keep him on, but we need Simms on to hold up the ball upfront.

Not great so far, but can we talk about Lampard’s jacket? It’s really nice.

I thought we wanted England to host it one day? Clearly there are problems with countries (other than awful ones) being reluctant to host, but my personal preference would be to spread the tournament to as many different countries in as many parts of the world as possible. Would require some...

The A-League attendances would suggest otherwise. That’s not a knock on Australia, they just prefer other sports, always have. That’s not the case in Saudi, where football is the top sport by far. Clearly the amount of money going into the game and other sports in Saudi Arabia suggests that the...

So the alternative is what? Just give up on trying to improve the situation in our own country?

Australians don't really care about football - A-League attendances are pitiful, and smaller than they were 10 years ago. Most would rather be watching Aussie rules or rugby. If you care that much about Oceania getting a turn why not give it to Indonesia? Bigger population, more interest in...

I mean if you just want to watch football without any political subtext bubbling underneath then you can bet your bottom riyal that Saudi Arabia will do everything they can to make sure no-one is thinking or talking about politics, LGBT issues or human rights abuses (just like Qatar did). They...

I mean, fair enough if that is your stance (the Saudi World Cup will be delighted to accommodate people like you), but you were the one banging on about hypocrisy and human rights!

Lampard and the rest of his coaching staff lining up to pay their daily respects to Dean and Dr Clare this morning:

The same thing that made the US and Japan special 20-30 years ago!

Football is growing in popularity in pretty much every country - what makes Australia so special? There’s no need to pretend that the 1994 and 2002 tournaments were awarded for anything other than huge commercial interests in western-friendly economies. The issue today is that western economies...

That’s not actually him, and even if it was he would technically be insulting us anyway?

The World Cups in Japan/SK and the US weren’t about money? The uncomfortable reality is that if you genuinely want the World Cup to be staged in places where it will be “about growing the game in different parts of the world” then you have to accept that most other places (and certainly most...

Clearly all is not well if they’ve had to replace the assistant manager. They’re in absolute freefall, Rooney looks completely out of his depth once again. They’re sure to go down if he stays.

I think it makes campaigns for LGBT equality in the game more important than ever. A boycott of this tournament in the name of gay and trans rights would be laudable. I also think if you’re keen to make a fuss about gay and trans rights and human rights abuses for this tournament, then you...

Without knowing the costs of either deal I don’t see how anyone could say definitively either way. I’m pretty dubious that having Doyle instead of Binks this season would have transformed the team.

I don’t see why bullshit attitudes in other countries mean we can’t work to improve attitudes in our own.

Even if our next window to challenge for the playoffs isn't until next year, you would hope that if the right player becomes available in January that we would authorise the spending now, if only to allow them to bed in properly for next season. The EMC signing may prove to be instructive in...