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So cr@p in cr@p out then.

Sue, in the thirty odd years I’ve lived in London I’ve never come across an itinerant knife grinder, of any nationality, though goodness knows there are plenty of knives around. I thought they went the way of gas lighters and town criers.

Comparison with Kane’s stats is quite meaningless. Gallagher simply doesn’t have Kane’s first touch, ability to pass nor, as far as I can tell, his football intelligence. From what little I’ve seen of Gallagher he reminds a bit of James Beattie and that would be no bad thing. Beattie without balls, though I’m sure Hughes would put some aggression into him. Not sure about Ings. Not seen enough of him, who has. Previously called him Nugent with nobs on but that may be unfair.

Think Hughes should file that under experimental, even if it wasn’t. Seems like an odd starting midfield. Know nothing of Derby but you’d expect a Lampard team to be strong in midfield and pass the ball around.

This is what I think too. If the pathway from academy to first team means anything then we have to give the likes of Gallagher the opportunity, now he’s done his loan moves, to show what he can do. And don’t get on his back should it not go perfectly from day one.

I’d be interested to hear why you think Saints would be wasting money in investing in women’s football. From what I read there are significant commercial opportunities in developing women’s football which is one of the reasons why PL clubs have invested. Sponsors see women’s football as a wholesome brand. The more investment going into women’s football the better the standards will be, the more exposure it will get, the greater the sponsorship. Women make up 50% of the world’s population. Seems like a potentially vast largely untapped brand. Not for the first time Saints appear to have been a little slow to recognise commercial opportunities but this appointment may address that.

Are you able to post a link to this piece or source it please?

I think it was the English press that modric alleged was disrespectful. It seems barely credible that Croatia went onto the pitch thinking we’ll show those Sun and Daily Star sports reporters. The prospect of getting to a World Cup final might have been the greater motivator. You might have seen that their press called England “unbelievably inferior” after the match. All hot air and puff.

It’s the players.

Is Redmond a floater? I think he probably is.

Forster should have saved their third. It was hit from almost 30yds to the centre of the goal and into the roof of the net. How tall is Forster for goodness sake? We’re not talking Jordan Pickford. But he was 5yds off his line and didn’t move his feet.

I watched the Columbia match. They weren’t much good. England is perfectly capable of beating them.

I’m trying to think back, has any ref stuck with his original decision having been asked by the VAR to view replays? As far as I can recollect, as soon as you see the ref running towards the telly you know the decision is going to get overturned. Certainly with all the penalties I can’t think of a single decision that hasn’t been reversed. It’s almost as if the refs are thinking the VAR thinks I’ve got this wrong so I’d better change my mind. There’s a lot of pressure on the ref in these moments, a lot more than with split second decisions during play, and it probably takes balls to stick with his original decision.

Phil Neville’s adopted a very annoying way of commenting. For some reason he’s talking in a hoarse whisper. Surely someone at the BBC could have a quiet word in his shell like and tell to stop being so silly.

A reminder of how effective Tadic can be with a big target man.

Not filled with enthusiasm but I’ll renew before midnight. What would I do otherwise, push a trolley around Sainsbury’s with Mrs G.

Fair enough. All good for Leicester then. Good luck with the real Mahrez replacement.

I’m aware of that and it’s totally irrelevant to what I said.

As a replacement he’ll be forever compared with Marhez. Would have had less pressure at Saints and an easier step up to the PL.

Some of the best and some of the worst. So what does that prove, nothing.

Palace away last season was no show pony performance. I recall after the match thinking there was not a single misplaced pass or missed tackle. The key is to get him doing that consistently.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44331299 Agree with this. Plain common sense as usual from Nevin.

I watched the match in Spain. Seems quite likely he'll leave. The coverage here though is all about Ronaldo's future.

Klopp wasted a haircut on that shambles?

You're a ***t. Hth.