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1 hour ago, captainmed said:

Doesn’t matter who plays.

First time they play anyone decent in the knock-out stages they will fold.

Rinse and repeat. 

They are mentally weak like we are. 

Spot on. A reflection of the manager.

Can imagine his half time team talk when things are  heading South?  "Come on chaps. Let's kneel with conviction at the start of the second half. That will get you into the right frame of mind".

Powder puff lace doyley. We need a Ron Saunders type character.

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1 minute ago, bolty58 said:

Spot on. A reflection of the manager.

Can imagine his half time team talk when things are  heading South?  "Come on chaps. Let's kneel with conviction at the start of the second half. That will get you into the right frame of mind".

Powder puff lace doyley. We need a Ron Saunders type character.

He got us to a major Final, so does that mean he's 'less woke' than every England manager since Alf Ramsay?

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1 hour ago, Marc505 said:

Funny tone to this, calling him Gareth feels like a diss 😀

I thought he'd removed this

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12 minutes ago, desperado said:

I see why Southgate and some fans think Grealish shouldn’t go, but I disagree, nobody like him who can retain the ball like he does while causing and creating problems. An error for me

Don’t agree he slows the game down to much and falls over to easily and he’s been poor this season according to a City fan I work with .

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1 hour ago, captainmed said:

Doesn’t matter who plays.

First time they play anyone decent in the knock-out stages they will fold.

Rinse and repeat. 

They are mentally weak like we are. 

I think we stand a good chance of going as good if not better than: 82, 86, 88, 92, 98, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2022.

Certainly better than 78 and 94 😊

Could even match or better our best attempts since 1966

Point being, it’s always been the case watching England, flatter to deceive, high expectations, never quite achieving. But (if you can remove your dislike of the manager) it’s a great ride watching your nation. 

I’m looking forward to it 

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19 minutes ago, bolty58 said:

Spot on. A reflection of the manager.

Can imagine his half time team talk when things are  heading South?  "Come on chaps. Let's kneel with conviction at the start of the second half. That will get you into the right frame of mind".

Powder puff lace doyley. We need a Ron Saunders type character.

Where as less woke managers like Bobby Robson and Terry Venables delivered us shed loads of trophies 

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Just now, DirtySanchez said:

Where as less woke managers like Bobby Robson and Terry Venables delivered us shed loads of trophies 

Yes but how many engineered the development of a worldwide fast food chain? Oh, hang on. That was Colonel Sanders.

How many trophies has your 'more woke' manager delivered?

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21 minutes ago, Rizlar said:

Don’t agree he slows the game down to much and falls over to easily and he’s been poor this season according to a City fan I work with .

He's been injured for most of it. Then struggled for form deffo. 

He's still a mercurial talent and could've come in useful at the very least. 

Looks like he's going for out and out raw pace. Which is fair enough.

Our defence looks even weaker than it did before the cull. Are we planing on Kyle Walker at CB?

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Just now, gonzo said:

And nobody on God's green planet can tell me Eze is a better talent than Jack Grealish.

 

I do :)

I think Eze is going to go to the very top.

He's like a world class version of Maghoma.  

.. and yes, I sicken myself.

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1 minute ago, DazBob said:

I do :)

I think Eze is going to go to the very top.

He's like a world class version of Maghoma.  

.. and yes, I sicken myself.

Bang Average :D

 

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6 minutes ago, gonzo said:

And nobody on God's green planet can tell me Eze is a better talent than Jack Grealish.

 

Don’t agree Gonzo he’s more direct and doesn’t fall over when touched but heyho it’s all about opinions.

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33 minutes ago, Rizlar said:

Don’t agree he slows the game down to much and falls over to easily and he’s been poor this season according to a City fan I work with .

Yup. Offers little but being a hold up player on the left wing these days. Was different when he was Villa he had something special. Waistcoat could call up Ian Marshall to do what he does. Waste of a place in the squad.

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11 minutes ago, gonzo said:

And nobody on God's green planet can tell me Eze is a better talent than Jack Grealish.

 

Eze didn’t play many more league games than grealish but he made them count and finished the season superbly

we have enough talent in that department unfortunately for him 

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26 minutes ago, bolty58 said:

Yes but how many engineered the development of a worldwide fast food chain? Oh, hang on. That was Colonel Sanders.

How many trophies has your 'more woke' manager delivered?

'Your'? 

Are you not English anymore? 

Southgate has won as many big tournaments as any other manager, woke or otherwise, since 1966

Posted
16 minutes ago, gonzo said:

And nobody on God's green planet can tell me Eze is a better talent than Jack Grealish.

 

Eze is a better player than the Man City Jack Grealish any day of the week.  And so is Maddison.  IMO.

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44 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said:

Eze is a better player than the Man City Jack Grealish any day of the week.  And so is Maddison.  IMO.

He doesn't have to play like he does at Man City though? He's drilled to fuck in his role there.

Anyway it's done, fair play for Gaz showing some balls but for me it looks like we've 4 wingers of the same mould.

Losing Grealish and Maddison you lose a great lot of creativity.

The headline is that defence. It's absolutely awful. 

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First saw Eze play for QPR against us in Champ when he was about 16, could see within 20 minutes he'd be top level. One of those 'who the hell's this?' moments. Had movement, pace, balance and skill to die for. 

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5 minutes ago, gonzo said:

He doesn't have to play like he does at Man City though? He's drilled to fuck in his role there.

Anyway it's done, fair play for Gaz showing some balls but for me it looks like we've 4 wingers of the same mould.

Losing Grealish and Maddison you lose a great lot of creativity.

The headline is that defence. It's absolutely awful. 

Agreed Pep has really hindered Grealish's development (from the outside looking in).  But I think his role with England has been equally subdued, its all pass pass pass and that was never his game from what I saw.

I hadn't realised how lacking we were in defence, it looks like Luke Shaw is the only player other than Kane that we absolutely can't afford to be injured.  Trippier and Dunk, is that the best we can do?

And Conor Gallagher is OK but given the competition to play in midfield I'm amazed, he's just half decent rather than a potential match winner like Maddison.

I've heard of Wharton but never seen him kick a football so I can't comment.

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7 minutes ago, ianofcleveleys said:

First saw Eze play for QPR against us in Champ when he was about 16, could see within 20 minutes he'd be top level. One of those 'who the hell's this?' moments. Had movement, pace, balance and skill to die for. 

Aye, stood out by a mile.

Think he may have scored too.

Posted (edited)
8 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said:

Agreed Pep has really hindered Grealish's development (from the outside looking in).  But I think his role with England has been equally subdued, its all pass pass pass and that was never his game from what I saw.

 

I've always been an advocate of him playing this role as in my eyes it showed his adaptability and commitment. Basically doing as he's told and being totally committed to the role for the benefit of the team.

It took him a season to get his head around it then he was like a well oiled machine in that treble winning season.

But you're probably right, it's that role that's hindered his England place.

Shame for the lad. He's some talent, too big of a talent not to be playing for his national team or every week in a much more free role anyway.

I can't see him getting back as a weekly starter for City now, hope he fires off to Villa or Spurs or summet and gets his chi back.

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Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, DirtySanchez said:

'Your'? 

Are you not English anymore? 

Southgate has won as many big tournaments as any other manager, woke or otherwise, since 1966

1) Yes 'your'.  Prince of the wokes.

2) The passport I got stamped heading into Gib on Monday suggests that I might be British. One of the smarties ( :roll: ) on here knows better apparently.

3) So he's won fuck all then including spaffing a golden opportunity on home soil using crap tactics. Get fucking rid now.

 

Edited by bolty58

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