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Thread | England team for Sunday... this may be controversial...
at 08:50 26 Jun 2024
Pickford
Walker - Stones - Guehi - Trippier
Rice - Mainoo
Saka - Foden - Gordon
Kane
I so nearly put Palmer on the right and Watkins up top, but thought Saka would give us more width and Kane did provide a couple of moments yesterday. Foden has looked far brighter than Bellingham over the past two games, and it does feel like a Gerrard/Lampard situation where, at most, only one turns up in any given game when being played together.
I'd prefer Walker on the right and Shaw on the left but no idea if the latter is ready to start. The above is based on us playing the Netherlands, Belgium or Ukraine. If we face Slovakia or Romania I'd go for Alexander-Arnold on the right and Walker on the left.
And my most controversial point of all - people talk about a lack of Grealish, but I think we miss Henderson. At least he has experience of playing alongside Rice and is happy to sit back, letting the Arsenal man go forward. As it is, we're under utilising him too. This is completely in hindsight though; I appreciated where Southgate was coming from when the squad was picked. |
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Thread | Was the U.K. just ahead of the rest?
at 23:12 9 Jun 2024
It feels like the majority of Europe… and possibly the US… is now moving towards the right, just as we’re about to swing, albeit slightly, to the left. I suppose politics is all about ebb and flow and when the far right is exposed as not having the answers, it’ll change on the continent as well. |
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Thread | England Euro 2024 squad
at 11:15 21 May 2024
Released at 2pm today. Sounds like Henderson won’t be in it, according to the Athletic, which will be a pleasant surprise if true. [Post edited 21 May 11:15]
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Thread | I'm not upset about this at all...
at 20:22 16 May 2024
But this is why I was so baffled about Norwich's approach at home - almost like they were happy with the draw. |
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Thread | Financial sustainability rules
at 14:07 7 May 2024
The Premier League's profit and sustainability rules permit clubs to lose £105m over three seasons - or £35m per campaign - but Forest's maximum loss was limited to £61m as they spent two years of the assessment in the Championship.
The club's net transfer spend in the 2022-23 season was £142.8m. They lost an average of £3m across 2020 and 2021 with a further £40m loss in 2022 and £52m in 2023, amounting to a total of £95m.
Forest had been due to receive a six-point deduction - three points for the initial breach and a further three for the size of the breach - but their "early plea" and "cooperation" saw the ban reduced to four points.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/czq52jwj4ppt?post=asset%3A3db0467f-d76
So are losses across three years - if we get that far - will be limited to at least £61m though will it be lower as we were in League One for the first year?
It's certainly a way of making sure no upstart clubs upset the applecart. |
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Thread | Sky are talking as if it's done...
at 22:36 30 Apr 2024
I don't like it. Football is a funny game, not always in a humurous sense.
The one thing is I know McKenna will keep everything professional. It's not over and he'll make sure the players treat it as any other game. |
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Thread | I'm shattered
at 18:58 30 Apr 2024
I may have a less stressful evening if I go to sleep and wake up around 10pm.
As others have said, I'm sure last year was nowhere near this bad. |
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Thread | The emotional over-reaction thread
at 23:13 27 Apr 2024
I'm starting this because I know I'm probably the most guilty party of this on the forum. I know some (most.. all) of what I post is OTT, especially if we don't win, is over the top and comes from a place of emotion rather than rational thought.
So I'm going to do post this thread so I can get it all out of my system and hopefully mean I'm rational on other threads. To those who are prone to emotional reaction, please feel free to use it as well. To those who are not, this thread may not be for you.
Football... bloody hell. |
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