Charlie Wayman

Sadly he's the sort of has/never been that we always seem to end up with these days. I hope it is a lazy journalist link perhaps because he has south coast links and they know we need a striker. What we don't want now or ever is another striker who is more or less permanently on strike.

Not by me 'though, loved the guy and had his shirt! Always advocated that he should have been kept here forever in some role or other. Superb and highly principled leader and a grade A decent bloke.

Sorry Maya but you are far too old for our club profile so we can't offer you a new contract but good luck for any future you might have... Sorry Oriol but you are far too old for our club profile so we can't offer you a new contract but good luck for any future you might have... Glad we have such great people in charge of team recruitment….

Of course the commentators were waxing lyrical all evening about the sublime skills of Lionel Messi but as far as I could see, he was only trotting about slowly a few metres at a time mostly playing very safe 3' passes to nearby colleagues and hardly ever moving more than 10 yards from a fixed position about 25 yards out right of centre. Oh! and that penalty miss. Why can't these people bow out gracefully when they are at the top rather than hang on and on and on when clearly their best days have become distant memories. There are none so blind as those that do not want to see.

Indeed and why not one in Antartica in six brand new stadia fully heated to 30 degrees Celsius at all times. Penguins have been lobbying for this for years. Could be held at the same time as COP36.

Serendipity at its best and first class click bait!

Thanks for that, just made an arse of myself. Jones seems like a miserable git! Surely he could manage a smile if only for the thought of the pile of dosh he is racking up

Remarkably little information coming out of Staplewood since Jones arrived. What' s going on down there? Even if they had a couple of weeks off as it was alleged surely some training is going on that is worth a picture or comment or two? Freezing out fans at a time when they need us to get behind them more than ever is not going to help at all

There might be more in it than just a light ball. All the stadia are air conditioned and as pointed out on air a number of times, the cooler air being jetted in sits on the ground in a layer and displaces the warmer air upwards, so there might actually be an air temperature layering effect affecting the flight of the ball. Science in the real world. Of course the cooler air layer at ground level is just what is needed for fans.

Sali asleep there 2-1. Value decreasing again!

We were linked to Ben Ecolé at the time

Dull? Mauricio can never be dull. Beats having Shearer and Wright constantly spouting absolute tosh anytime. Good chance we'll make the last 16 'though. After Brexit who can blame Europeans for thinking we are a bunch of bone idle w*&^%$s, they got their cues from Johnson.

Really weird how much faster his 'tache is growing than the rest of the beard.

?????????? No Kevin Davies?

Is there a stream that you are watching?

Sensible reality check. Bit of a joke that they are in the World Cup but we've said that about many teams who's only reason for being there is to fulfil FIFA's misguided notion of wider inclusivity.

I thought Salisu played very poorly against Portugal and was responsible for at least two of their goals. Same mistakes that he makes for Saints. In the cool and cruel light of day, how good is he really?

...and we would still have Oriol Romeu.

Actually one could argue fairly that most are past their best and relying on reputations.

We're in it to win it... France v England Final, surely worth a bet.

You are very easily woo'd. Just a glimpse of a hairy ankle and you're anybody's 😉

We have grumbled and excused ourselves for years about how poorly we fare in World Cups because they come at the end of a season when all our players are knackered. With this World Cup not even at the halfway mark of our season, with our players just about bedded in for the season ahead and at their peak, was today's performance an indication that England might benefit very well from the timing and actually perform at a much higher level than we are used to seeing in the World Cup? It wasn't only Iran either, they are a decent and stubborn side with a great record coming into this tournament yet we brushed them aside with an ease that we rarely have seen from our national team. In the past, chances are we'd have ended up with a 1- 1 draw. If today's performance is anything to go by and they can keep it at this level, surely we must in with a. great chance of winning the trophy.

Shades of dear old Ralphy

Refined footballer he may not be but he is the sort of gung-ho fighter that will likely appeal to Jones, the sort of player that would literally 'die' for the right manager. Don't be surprised if he becomes a regular under the new regime. The baying mob determined to lynch him should remember that he is no worse than our other more lauded options in the back line judging by our total inability to keep the ball out of our own net. In any case he won't be going anywhere until the new management set-up has had a good look at all their options. As I said yesterday if you really are a fan and care about Saints then stop vilifying our players and get behind them. Leave judgement to the coaching staff who might actually know a bit more about football than any of us.

Were you there? Who knows we could have been standing next to one another. I remember it very well, we were speechless and close to tears at the end of the match. All those years of waiting but never quite believing it would ever happen.