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I think you have wildy mis judged the context of his situation when we sold him. Saints had to judge if a lad who was still growing, a little behind his development because of his injuries and had underwhelmed in the lower league loans he had, was able to justify the playing time he needed to progress ahead of a player who had scored goals in the PL and a lad who had scored some goals in the German 2nd division and had broken into the USA set up (albeit due to rotation and injuries). All well and good you judging them on hindsight and all well and good you just not realising that his top scorer season in the lower league doesn't happen without the move and doesn't immediately translate into being able to push us to promotion either but it's not the reality Saints or Ballard faced last summer.

He just never stops talking.Sometimes it is even about what is happening on the pitch.

Maybe Dixon is just depressed at having to listen to the smug, self satisfied, try hard, soccer am lite bullshit that the skate freak Matterface trots out

Lee Dixon is alright, if a bit dour, but Matterface is appalling.

These 2 cunts are the worst of the worst on TV. I don’t mind too much if a commentator is a fucking bellend, but Matterface actually thinks he’s incisive and relevant, whie he talks utter drivel. And the prick is a skate lover.

Belgium look like a bit of a basket case of a nation in footballing terms. Good individuals but terrible as a team.

Great control and skill. Belgium been relying on La kak for too long

What a pass! Great goal Senegal. Bye Belgum.

Absolutely. The sad thing is that people read disingenuous nonsense like that and assume that something unusual / wrong has been done. Politics is fecked.

I was reading the Arsenal forum earlier in the season, even they don't like him. He's a back up to Saka for the club side, he should not be a back up for him for England over the likes of Palmer, Bowen etc. Thankfully we have the likes of Nwaneri, Dowman, Ngumoha, Fellows etc coming through so we don't have to deal with them much longer. I'd rather start Eze out there.

A sports scientist I know quantified the advantage like this: England will start the game and within a few minutes will feel like they've already played an hour of football. There are probably a few things you can do to mitigate: early subs, oxygen during hydration breaks (?). But the advantage Mexican players already acclimatised will have will be huge.

Yes good move. Building for L1

Herbie Kane?

As a slight aside, I watched the England game in Majorca tonight with Coventry, Leicester and Aberdeen fans, all thought the EFL punishment was totally over the top. They have revised their opinion of Middlesbrough FC to very negative. Does not shift the dial but it was good to hear a range of views that don’t just parrot the Gibson media bollocks.

Pompey have signed midfielder Odin Bailey on a free transfer after being released by Stockport. I watched him a bit for County last season and I reckon that's a decent signing for them.

https://youtu.be/sw8ZL_gcTSM?is=NvK8Tuvd8LGx3S3U?t=1m50s

Matterface is such a bellend "Cracker of a cross by Jakobs" terrible joke and Dixon just ignores him.

Seeing Mane as an elder statesman of the Senegal side is very odd. Feels like yesterday he was a young prodigy for us.

Completely agree. Madueke should be no where near the England set up, you can't be a top end international and only have the use of one foot. You can add Konsa to that list too. Imagine vini jr or mbappe up against Spence and Konsa on the right, they'd have a field day

Definitely epic, but dunno why pundits are talking about games after that. Mexico have to be favourites, at home, been playing well and the altitude advantage is gonna be a massive point in their favour.

Only 58, nice work if you can get it.

They were awful, shouldn't be anywhere near the England team

been talking a lot of shit to Mexicans already about this game. Think I will have to wake up at 2am for this game which is a joke as last time eng played at the azteca in 86 it wasn't late.

Mexico in the Azteca in a World Cup knockout is the sort of game we'll blab on about to our grandchildren in years to come. Proper Football match. Insanely jealous of any England fans doing that one.