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Afterall, we all know how to win the World Cup with England after a few beers and because Southgate appears to know what he's doing, it does make me wonder if he's getting pissed on the job!

The fact we all know is that he got the most votes and that's all that matters really. With all due respect, I've already stated that by every conceivable metric, he was amongst the best GKs in the league. They've been hashed out and debated in all of the dedicated threads to Burge -- feel free...

So the people that voted him as GK of the year are clueless? But wait, I suppose the actual football people know jack diddly squat compared Barry from Radford...

Frankly, I doubt you’ve done the statisical analysis to back that statement up. By any measurable metric, he was near the top end of L2 GKs, and there were some pretty decent resumés around him. Rightly or wrongly, his peers judged him to be the best GK in the league. You don’t get accolades...

When Bayliss played out wide, he had a tendency to give away cynical fouls because he was beaten by his man -- the away leg v Notts County is a good example of this, frankly, Bayliss is not significantly better than Shipley defensively, at least in wide positions. Your points about Shipley's...

From what you’ve heard, will he be in and around the first team, or a development player?

He’s not our weak link at all. He’s on the same amount of goals as Bayliss in a similar amount of games. Yet, Shipley has double the assists Bayliss has. Considering your average Cov fan views Bayliss as the second coming Christ on Earth, backing him to go all the way, from a statistical point...

In case you haven’t heard, he’s got 2 years left on his current deal. We’re not in a position where we have to sell. Are Reading prepared to pay around £1m for him? Probably not because his record outside of L2 isn’t great.

We haven’t actually created a lot chances from open play, Rashford’s chance v Belgium was probably our best chance in open play over the 3 group games. Sterling was a large part of 1 of those goals with some good link up play. Lingard v Tunisia missed 2-3 clear cut chances. Maguire and Young...

This World Cup? Yes, it has. Not his international career as a whole because his time will come eventually. Shearer and Schmeichel also think he's missed his opportunity. If you're not the first choice you have to take your chances, he didn't unfortunately. Sterling hasn't been the worst player...

The phrasing of the question is very narrow if you're asking what has he done at this tournament in isolation. So, I reply with the question of what has Rashford, Sterling or Vardy done at this World Cup to deserve a place? Southgate is right to start with Sterling because he has the better...

Have they still got Flitcroft as their manager? If so, they’ll end up bottling it again haha.

You’re talking about Sterling as if he’s 33, not 23. He’s certainly not past it, is one of our in-form players domestically and it’s in our interests to try and get the most out of him in the national team. Rashford had his chance and didn’t take it. You shouldn’t be glossing over his 1v1 miss...

Complex in a good or bad way? I was tempted to get FM18 but I’ll wait and get 19 when it comes out!

Could be another U23s type player? Stokes as a 2nd choice LB isn’t too bad, but with Brown’s injury, there’s a risk Stokes could end up playing more games. Fair play for Robins being ambitious with his recruitment, it does seem like he’s got the full backing of the board and is being left to...

Have you not heard? We’re splashing the cash since we got promoted!

It’s been a long time, hasn’t it?

That Iran player was my ‘dick of the tournament’... ... until Batshuayi played a 1-2 with the post, ha.

I’m actually glad he said that, because I was unsure whether or not Robins was aware of it. Thankfully, he is aware of it!

If true, this is huge.