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It all depends on what targets we have that we could realistically land this summer and what players Ralph thinks may be ready to take Ings place next season. Kicking the can down the road for another season could be the best option if the alternative is relegation this season. Only someone who knows all the options can really make the call.

I would not let him leave for £20mill, utterly pointless if we get relegated. Wouldn't be worth listening to anything below £30mill. Face it, if he goes we are probably fucked. I have little faith in the current set up landing a goalscorer close to the ability of Ings regardless of what fee we get.

Yeah, because you don’t come on here and celebrate every time the Tories win, or post pointless little opinion poll graphs every time they are ahead.

Anyone with half a brain knew what he meant. At least you dinosaurs are finally admitting that more votes would count if there was some sort of PR system. Sad thing is, you know the current system is shit you just don't want it changed because it favours your own sad party allegiance. You could at least admit it.

There are PR systems that allow for local representation as well.

Obviously you would need a certain percentage to get a seat, it's not rocket science.

Great performance, Southgate has certainly proved me wrong. Will be fantastic watching the lads take the knee in the final, wonder if the wankers will still boo?

Yes I did, I've always thought it was a shit system. Dominic Cummings is spot on when he says that any system that gives us a choice between Johnson and Corbyn is not fit for purpose. Think of the amount of brilliant, talented people this country produces, and we are left with a binary choice of a bullshitting fat shagger or an aged anti-capitalist.

I wouldn’t expect a coalition to include the SNP, just three three UK wide parties. This bi election is a classic example of what is wrong with FPTP, Labour win by just a few hundred votes, it could easily have gone Tory yet over 60% of the vote went to lefties. The system is fucked.

Can’t see us beating the Italians, they look head and shoulders above anyone else.

English ref fucks it all up.

This is what needs to happen, nothing is ever going to change as long as there is three parties on the left (four if you live in Scotland or Wales) and just the Tories on the right. If another Blair comes along or if the Tories do exceptionally badly there is a chance but the odds are stacked against Labour since the rise of the SNP, plus Unions are getting less and less relevant so Labour will just go the same way. The whole FPTP system is just dated, not sure how it will ever change but the Tories would have to seriously mess up to lose their grip on power.

Would we have needed to if we were still in the EU?

I’m pretty sure the thinking behind the rule is to stop players getting injured by flying knee high tackles.

Looked like he left his foot in to me, I would have given a red.

One sent off, one carried off. Great for us.

Looks too negative to me, 5 defenders and two central midfielders that offer nothing going forward. Hopefully Southgate has a cunning plan.

Great use of VAR again.

I would be amazed if the others didn’t do the same, just a matter of time.

Has opened up nicely but so did the World Cup and we couldn’t even get past Croatia so I’m not holding out much hope.

True. Forget the pandemic, the effects of Brexit, climate change, pensions time bomb and elderly care crisis, the biggest problem in the UK today is a few middle class people exaggerating the amount of racism there is.

Agree to an extent, we are essentially highly-evolved hunter gatherer monkeys who are tribal by nature. But I think it's a bit of both, I expect those on North Senitel Island learned their fear of foreigners from their ancestors. From my experience young kids don't give a shite about skin colour. Anyway it is irrelevant, there are many parts of your nature we have changed over time, we have progressed a great deal on racism since even when I was a kid so we can carry on trying to make it a thing of the past.

Not surprising considering his managerial record prior to England is: 12th placed finish - 13th placed finish - 19th placed finish, relegated, sacked.

Don’t give a shite, I want all the British teams to do well.

I like Wales, why does it matter if they hate or like us?