martyn

Think the signing would be viewed a bit more positively against the backdrop of having already signed quality attacking reinforcements rather than the farce that has transpired so far. Pressure now on the club to get some genuine attacking quality through the door.

Let's not overreact. If it is £14m, It's not a bad fee at all for his profile of player given he is young, home grown and is rated decently by Spurs. Most people here would have no issue dropping a similar fee on someone like Gus Hamer. Edit, if it's over £20m, that is steep.

Too slick.

You're underselling that run, it was a great run. That is how Hudson Smith runs, he goes out hard and tries to hold on. I wouldn't even say he tied up, he ran 43.44 a PB and a European record, he just got reeled in by someone finishing incredibly quickly.

French fans booing that. Absolute clowns.

That beige/sand/faeces and maroon effort will never be toppled as our worst kit ever. Absolutely appalling.

The pink makes it look better than the original mock ups tbf. Don't mind it.

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Rice comes into that group for me. He is not cute enough on the ball the be the deep lying midfielder in a low tempo style relying on dominating the ball.

Thank you to Southgate for the good things he has done, but time to move on to a coach who can implement patterns of play on and off the ball to help get the best out of the individual talent, and not just rely on staying solid and hoping that talent bails you out. Spain had numerous ways to win that game, intensity off the ball forcing errors, controlling the tempo in midfield with intelligent, mobile ball players, or by upping the ante and utilising the pace/direct running of the wingers. What were our routes to winning? We also need to not be afraid to put some individuals noses out of joint. I'm not going to criticise individuals too much this tournament because they aren't set up to succeed, but we need to be focusing now on fitting players into the system, and not building around the best individual talent.

If ITV had Tyldesley instead of Matterface the McCoist Tyldesley combo would have swung me itv for the first time ever.

Djokovic getting broken down wide to the forehand wing.

Sounds like a Leicester gaffe, sending a scout to the wrong continent.

We deserved the win over the 90 minutes. Yes the 2nd half was mostly turgid, but Koeman shored up the midfield after getting overrun in there first half. Wanted Foden and or Saka to try and get on the ball more and commit defenders as with Kane on the pitch the only way we'd have created was through individuals making space with a bit of trickery. Credit to Southgate for the setup and changes. Yes the subs look obvious on the face of it, but he has demonstrated time and again his in game management isn't very good so it was a pleasant surprise to see his changes making an impact.

Midfield looks so much more fluid, we were overrunning them in there from about minute 10-35 hence Koeman bringing on a midfielder when Depay had to be subbed. Hopefully it can be sustained 2nd half.

Wes Streeting almost loses to a Gaza protest vote. 500 votes.

Ashworth has lost to an independent in Leicester South.

There was a lot of noise on social media around Dan Jarvis losing to Reform in Barnsley. He won by 8k

Clearly it's the Reform vote that has led her to that conclusion

Huge numbers for Reform in Sunderland South

Conservatives pretty much completely wiped out in London according to the exit poll. My constituency has been Tory since 1950's and is projected to go to Labour. Would expect Reform to have cannibalised the Tory vote.

Did not have Reform getting more seats than the SNP on my bingo card.

We are hamstrung by having no attacking threat from full back, the 2 wide players being players who prefer it to feet, whilst Kane wanders into midfield with no runners to exploit in behind. At least Southgate now appears to have realised that alongside Rice we need a player who can progress the ball. I don't expect massive improvements now from the abjectly low bar we are setting, but we can make clear and obvious improvements to the balance of the side, albeit within the constraints of the squad (no natural left back other than an injured Shaw looks even sillier now). Pickford Trent Guehi Stones Walker (lb) Rice Mainoo Gordon Bellingham Saka Kane That, or move Bellingham deeper and play Foden in the 10. There's an argument for Palmer over Saka and I expect a clamour for it, but i think too much stock will be placed on a decent 15 minute cameo against a tired defence. Don't think he moves the needle sufficiently over Saka as a starter.

He isn't a holder. He's a box to box.

Yep the replays they've shown after the game make it look less likely that Maignan was impeded from making a genuine play at the ball.