benjii

There's only one Juan.

Looks cheap and horrible and the sponsor is an embarrassment. But I don't really care.

Quick post mortem thoughts. - prob time for Southgate to go, but not sure who replaces him. - Kane can only be in the team if the team includes wingers running beyond him. Major cock up by Southgate.... - Picking two players that want to play the same position (Bellingham and Foden) was a mistake (compounding the previous point). - going back to 4231 in the final was a mistake. As ever, central midfield is a weakness in the squad. Rice is not good enough to play holding role at top international level. Need to get Wharton into the team alongside Mainoo and save Rice for a bit of energy later on. - Palmer too good not to get into the team. Saka one of our best players. So you've got to choose Foden or Bellingham, IMO. - we need to be much better drilled and more active off the ball.

Getting shot should help him be more relatable to the black vote.

It sounded like there was another shot several seconds later, after Trump is hiding on the ground, and then there was a large scream. I'm guessing that might have been a shot that hit a spectator, but who knows. It also looked like the shooter was to the right of Trump and somehow managed to hit him in the right ear without nutting him. Mental! It's also very odd how Trump asks to wait while he gets his shoes, and then says, "wait, wait, wait" to the security staff once he's on stage and they hang around for him to do his salute. Cracking work by Beeb. https://x.com/SharpFootball/status/1812265909727396107?t=VjTos42fYISNBTMEAzS3TA&s=19

"Mine!!". That's three Dallingas. See it off

My dad works with his son (don't ask).

Let's hope he's as good as Kane McClaggon, Omar Rowe, Jamie White or even, dare I say, Matt Mills.

Am I the only one who thinks we need "another Downes", not just Downes? We need him plus a combative midfielder with energy and recovery ability. We 100% won't get away with Downes, Smallbone, Aribo as a PL midfield. And even if we could, we saw last year that we're buggered if Downes misses a match. Can Ghoddos do that role?

It's pretty obvious that one of Rice, Bellingham or Foden needs to be left out (or both of the latter two if you prefer Palmer). Kane is best with runners off him. Saka starts because of that and then we need Palmer, Gordon or Bowen on the left. Our best player in that position is Sterling, but he's not fashionable any more. The biggest problem is the progression through midfield. Rice is no deep lying playmaker, but is an excellent box to box. It needs to be Rice (or Bellingham) plus another central midfielder who can use the ball (not "Trent" and not Gallagher). So it's Mainoo or Wharton, plus Rice or Bellingham IMO. Once Shaw is back that should also help us. I'd set up the front players like this: --------Mainoo----Rice---------- Saka---------Foden-------Palmer ---------------Kane-------------

Mainoo was good. Bellingham rubbish. Rice can't play deep. Southgate all over the place.

http://x.com/BidenHQ/status/1804592040791122259?t=oXYuAsH27VbeeFgh0v4Idw&s=19 Well, that's cleared that up, then.

Not really. Virtually every single software contract says the product is not warranted as fit for a particular purpose and is not error free. That is very standard. Of course, that doesn't mean they have no liability if it is a shower of shit. It's also unusual for customers of software companies to play an active role in suppressing how bad it is.

That's a mess from England. Second best team in this match so far. All over the place in defence. Shapeless. No intensity. "Trent" isn't a midfielder. Trippier isn't a left back. Foden all over the shop. Crap. Pretty inexcusable to be that messy.

No one is paying 10m for Tall Paul, Sulemana or Mara. We'd be lucky to get 10m for all three.

I've been impressed with the technique and spunk of the Slovakian and Georgian players. No idea who they play for but I think we should sign a few.

Sweet Caroline. Oh, fuck off. Tedious mongfest.

Owen Jones doing a decent job in the middle.

Getting a bit sick of this election already. I wish we had the quality campaigning you get across the pond. http://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1799942923158688207?t=i8yK8hd3YVflkYTowmWehA&s=19

Ignoring Stewart, if Mara and Adams leave we have one striker, who is not going to capable of playing up front on his own in the PL. We need to sign a new striker. That will leave us with "NEW" plus Armstrong. Clearly Stewart has a role to play in the squad. He's big and relatively quick and seems to have a decent touch. Punting him out on loan is pointless. He has as much experience playing at a good standard as most people we might sign from France/Belgium/Netherlands/Scotland etc.

Listening to his statement now. It's equally hilarious, disturbing and terrifying. One false, defamatory, misleading, manifestly idiotic statement after another. If he believes what he's saying then he's genuinely mental / degenerate. If he doesn't believe it then he's just a complete and utter cunt. It's probably a bit of both. Seemed to be saying he really wanted to testify. He would have testified bigly. Probably the best testimony ever. But he didn't because he would have committed perjury. Great argument, that. And whinging about the legal system and its processes. This from the man who wanted to execute five innocent black kids in 1989. Go fuck yourself, you nappy wearing dinlow. "We have people sitting in our schools with languages people haven't even heard of. Not French, or Spanish or Russian". WTF?! "We have record levels of terrorists pouring in." WTF?!

ORLY? Edit: should have read the rest of the thread before replying.

Should be aiming for this IMO. Signings in caps. GK: NEW#1, Lumley, Baz. Keep McCarthy if he'll take lower wages but no point keeping him on 70k a week or whatever. RB: KWP, Bree LB: NEW#1, FRASER, Manning, Meghoma go on loan CB: THB, Janny B, Stephens, NEW or ABK CM: DOWNES, NEW COMBATIVE PLAYER, Smallbone, Aribo, Charles, LALLANA?! AM: Edozie, NEW (maybe Brooks), FRASER, Alcaraz, Dibbling/SAA CF: Stewart, Armstrong, NEW That's around 21 players, excluding emerging kids. Things to consider: - if we want to play a 433, the new striker will need to be an excellent all round player. AA won't be able to do it at PL, and Stewart is sicknote. I reckon we'll be better continuing with the 352-ish set up. Think it makes us stronger at the back and helps unlock Armstrong to concentrate on finishing. - Central Midfielder and GK are critical signings. We have got away with our central midfield this season by dominating the ball. Without Downes our stats have been crap. We need at least one new player who is strong, has endurance and recovery pace, as well as being able to look after the ball, or we will find other teams bearing down on our back line way too often. Lavia on loan would be awesome. We have seen the value of a good GK, in McCarthy over the last few weeks - Ramsdale? Sulemana, Mara, Larios, Tall Paul, DCC, Perraud (christ, what a list).... not required. Rothwell - thanks and good luck. Adams - assume he's off and probably best for all if he does. Need to spend on a striker. Stuey - I love the guy, but I feel he would be an expensive bit part. So, my ideal: Sign: Ramsdale (ambitious, I know!) THB, Fraser, Downes A left back (not sure who). Lavia on loan. Ideally one other gritty midfielder with some experience. Don't laugh.... Henderson? Shell out big bucks on a striker from Europe. Europe in two years, inshallah.

Plus a left back and a tackling midfielder.

Think he deserves a thread. Obviously had a tough couple of years prior, and the Villa loan caused a sour taste, but he's been immense this season. Battling, gritty, brave, disciplined and quality on the ball. Rarely made a big mistake and clearly passionate about getting us back up. Seems like a good guy. Thanks Janny B.