Saint86

if they gave up on a young striker after half a season in a new country/league, it would be a pretty damning indictment all around.

It would be utterly bonkers if the FA banned a manager for the scouting team violating the rules on only 3 occasions to scout other teams inside an arbitrary time window - an almost inconsequential breach given saints didn't even win any of those matches, and given all league games and other training sessions are available to scout without it being an infraction. The bullying stuff is also complete nonsense, not even the EFL's own report accuses Eckert directly of bullying (but they made sure the media did that, Adam included), and there is no evidence that either shows or states that Eckert bullied staff. Its a very insidious accusation leveled at him with no substantial evidence against him, and a stain that is almost impossible to ever fully remove - But what it did achieve is giving the EFL the narrative they needed to hammer the club and make appealing the sanction very difficult.

I am certain he'd be open to it, whether the stars will align for him or not is another thing entirely. I can't see him hanging around at Sunderland for the long term however.

Honestly, just one year i would love the club to go with something like that.

Absolutely stunning. Just out of curiosity i added in a bit of navy (i think prefer the white sock version of the below):

Good job they're going bankrupt i guess - now is our chance to take over...

Nice shirt - where is the rest of it... I.e., what does the back look like, and whats the shorts and socks! The suspense is terrible... 😄 Edit... oh... we're full black shorts and socks? That's different.

The first 3 clips of that video, he picks up the ball with a flat back 4 in front of him and scores a cracking goal. Reminds me a little bit of lallana when he had his championship promotion season with us - supporting the attack, good feet and off the ball movement, and a tidy finish. He also looks like he scores all kinds of goals - arriving late, edge of box curlers, headers, running off the defender etc. All of them good finishes as well. I reckon he could be used all across the front 4 for saints subject to formation. Given his proven Championship record to date for a young player, i wouldn't be upset if we did pay up £8-10M on him myself.

The entire tournament and any associated records have been hugely devalued. Let alone with the blatant corruption and manipulation by fifa.

When do people think they'll actually be a decision on this? Surely it has to be this month, ideally before the world cup finishes?

Don't know what you're talking about Skint, "its coming home!!!!"

Not even in respect of these stats, but i find it hard to believe there is anyone who doesn't think there is a least a degree of interference and fixing in this world cup. The integrity of the whole competition just feels incredibly tarnished to me.

He's a decent prospect and did well for them this season - reckon he'll be one to hear more about in coming seasons - not clear he is what we need right now however.

We wasted 4 major tournaments under him, and 3 of the easiest runs to a final you could ever dream of.... Let alone that Italy loss to an aged side that haven't qualified for a major tournament since. Give tuchel that final and England waltz to a second major trophy 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️. Now we have a diminished squad with an aging kane (likely on his last tournament), and I still have more confidence that we'll do the business because tuchel is actually a tactically astute manager. Being shit but better than previous failure isn't good, it's still just failing. We knighted a guy who made a career out of losing at wembley on penalties 😂

Southgate didn't win a single game he wasn't favourite for, and even then we laboured past most of them. That win last night beats any other world cup win going back to at least the 1980s. That's basically put of memory for anyone under 40... I challenge the boo boys who weren't impressed to name many better ones that someone under 40 is going to recall... That's half a lifetime.