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Pelle comparisons with Lambert are not complete unless you speculate as to how many goal Pelle would have scored in the Championship and League 1 with the side we had. I would suggest that even without penalties and free kicks he would have scored as many, if not more.

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Mayuka looked good on You Tube, so did Delgado, so did Ramirez etc etc Has he beat a player for pace in a Saints shirt? Has he beat anyone with a piece of skill? He may well have these things buried in his locker but until such time as we actually see anything on the pitch, I'll maintain he's not fit for purpose. If he can't cope with being even slightly leaned on then he's not going to be any good. Where we are letting him down is not playing him in every single U21 game.

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Juanmi is utter ****e. Worse than Mayuka as at least he was quick. Not enough skill to make up for a lack of pace and no strength. Get rid asap and permanently - not on loan.

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The point is that Hodgson will ensure that we don't do as well as we should do. He won't get the best out of the resources at his disposal which is a large part of a managers job after all. I reckon that with a following wind we could make the quarters but even if he doesn't in the group games, as soon as we play someone decent he'll pick all his old 'reliables' and it'll be like World Cup 2014 never happened.

If down to me.... Starting XI (4-1-3-2) Hart, Clyne, Bertrand, Shawcross, Stones; Dier, Alli; Barkley, Sterling; Vardy, Kane Rest of Squad Forster, Butland, Rose, Cahill, Smalling, Drinkwater, Delph, Walcott, Rooney, Sturrridge (or Welbeck), Lallana, Wilshere (or Shelvey)

Hodgson is going to **** it right up - it would be a miracle if he didn't. That MOTD interview was so depressing. We actually have the players to do well but he won't use them. None of Milner, Henderson, Carrick, Jones, Welbeck should be in the squad but a load of them will be and probably three of those will start. Out of form players like Cahill, Chamberlain and Walcott will go and in form players like Dier and Vardy probably won't. Vardy will be up against Welbeck for a place and he'll lose out if that's the case. Rooney injury just means that he'll be unfit for the tournament but he'll still play every game at the expense of Barkley. Hodgson has learnt absolutely nothing from the abysmal World Cup campaign. He could have used the easiest qualifying group in history to consign the likes of Milner and Carrick to the bin but you just know he'll arrive at the tournament and it'll be safety first - use the tried and failed. My money is on Stones being picked at right back. From a Saints perspective - Fraser will be 2nd choice and not get a game and Bertrand, though he should be first choice, won't even go as Baines (can't defend), Gibbs (never plays) and Rose (bang average) will be ahead of him. My predicted Hodgson team for the first game. --------------Hart Stones, Cahill, Smalling, Baines -------Carrick, Henderson Sterling, Rooney, Welbeck ------------Kane Rest of squad: Forster, Butland, Clyne, Rose, Jones, Milner, Alli, Lallana, Chamberlain, Walcott, Barkley, Sturridge Out: Jagielka, Bertrand, Shelvey, Dier, Vardy, Delph, Wilshere (injured)

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No, I think the membership of that particular club is quite high. Too old to change.... I was on holiday over Xmas so had to catch up. Being late is no problem as long as I get my move to Man United and they pay me £150k a week Yet.... Cheers.

Every so often I forget that 99% of pro footballers are tossers. You have to remind yourself constantly to save getting depressed about everything....

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