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Sweaty Raphael, we used to call him. Great big stains under his armpits.

Interesting/unusual build for a winger - looks tall and bulky. Could be profiling him as an EMC/Wright-type player, but he looks quite raw from the highlight video and the gulf in class from the A-League to the Championship is vast. Feels like a Tavares-esque punt, wouldn’t be surprised if he...

It’s because of that notorious Southgate bias where he’s always picking the same players like Kalvin Phillips Jordan Henderson Mason Mount Raheem Sterling Jarell Quansah

Also worth mentioning that this precise scenario did happen with a flight from Toronto to Lisbon, which lost both engines because of a fuel leak. They managed to land the plane on an airbase in the Azores. Happened about three weeks before 9/11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Transat_Flight_236

I’ll go with this: But I could be tempted by this: The biggest problem either way is a lack of pace out wide, and a shaky left hand side defensively

Kevin Keegan’s tactics were renowned for winning tournaments at the highest level, and with England

The slightly bad news is that no-one is going to survive a crash into the Atlantic Ocean. The very good news is that the odds of it happening are infinitesimally tiny.

No problem with flying, although I get weirded out if I think too hard about the vastness of the ocean if I’m doing a transatlantic flight etc Helicopters on the other hand - I’m never getting in one.

The squad has twice as many forwards listed as it does midfielders 🤯

Replace Rice with Grealish, and put Cole Palmer at LB

No, read it again - I’m specifically talking about working with kids. When it comes to stopping criminals from living on individual streets post-rehab you’re clearly stretching the limits of feasibility, in a way that obviously isn’t relevant for discussing whether to ban a guy from a football...

I’ll be honest, when it comes to working with kids I thought that was precisely how the system worked….

I don’t see the contradiction here - I also think Edward Rabjohn has the right to live where he wants, however horrible a bloke he clearly is. Whereas the right to attend a football match at a particular stadium isn’t exactly a huge imposition on his rights, and will make our sport a better...

Southgate just said in his press conference that he’s a “long shot”

I guess it will have to be Gomez or Trippier?

Not always the case that this forum believes in the power of criminals to rehabilitate - apparently in this case, minds are very much open!

A lifetime ban from a football stadium isn’t exactly a draconian punishment imo. Not often that I’m the one arguing for more hardline punishments, but maybe others just don’t think it’s as serious a problem. As it is, this guy will be back in the stands as if nothing ever happened in five...

Is that a world class midfield? Or defence? (Yes, I know the categories are fluid)

Bellingham listed as a forward on the confirmed squad list…

You have to respect Southgate’s long game, lulling the competition into a false sense of security by picking the same squad for three consecutive tournaments and then naming a Liverpool/Palace combined XI for the Euros.