punkiller1981

Given that Spurs are getting turned down by every manager possible at the moment would you expect any player to want to sign for them.

Biggest problem I saw with Engels was his pace or lack of it. I think this league was just to quick for him but I won’t fault his effort. I’m also on the bring back Axe bang wagon he is wasting a potentially very good career at Utd where they don’t rate or appreciate him.

Agree Foden might not start but seeing Southgate operate over the last 4-5 years I would say he will pick rashford who for me wouldn’t even be in the squad on current form

I wanted Villa to by him about 10 years ago. Always seems a good player to me and if a bit inconsistent.

Ukraine keeper looks decent.

I agree with your second team with the exception of Coady who I think is garbage especially in a back 4 and Phillips who I would swap out with Bellingham. I also expect Jack to be nowhere near the starting 11 all tournament I can see Southgate going with Kane, Sterling and rashford to keep it all nice and predictable with mount in behind (I have no problem with mount and Kane by the way). I find this tournament a tough one because I want us to do well and Jack to star but I think Southgate is so out of his depth that I might take a poor tournament to get rid of him but then he is the FA yes man so he probably still wouldn’t go.

Still not convinced this story has legs but I have noticed that the story does go into the detail of we are preparing/submitting a bid. I compare that to he Jack stories of “grealish changed preference to city over Utd” which are so clearly mad up. probably nothing in it but if I was a saints fan it would worry more than the grealish to city stories of zero substance. Assuming saints fans want to keep him which I assume they do as selling your captain is rarely a good sign for a club.

Playing rashford or Sterling would be the over grealish and foden wouldn’t surprise me with Southgate. He is a lazy newspaper driven manager. If the sun predict 11 has those two in it that’s the team that gets picked. wouldn’t expect anything less from Southgate he should have been sacked for failing to get us to the World Cup final with the easiest draw and England mangers ever had

Agreed good performance by mings, no idea why coady is in the squad

Seems like a really good guy and i agree with most the abuse he got was unjustified. He wasn’t the best left back in the world but I don’t think you can criticise his effort. I genuinely wish him well where ever he ends up

Depends on cost of course but I think this guy could be a very intriguing signing if we pushed ahead with it. Assuming Jack moves into the middle that would I imagine draw the usual 2-3?players to him perhaps leaving McNeil to whip quick early balls into danger areas for Ollie. Plus from what I have seen which isn’t that much to be fair he seems to work hard have a good engine and fairly quick perhaps without being rapid

Something like this was always going to happen because the journalist hate good players not playing for man Utd Man City, Liverpool etc. Seemingly forgetting that we have hugely wealthy owners that don’t need the money from the sale. I imagine they will more likely priorities there striker situation with Kane given they have de Bruyne, foden, mahrez, silva, Sterling

How long has Wes Eden’s been involved at the bucks? I feel he is fully aware of how much money might be needed to see this through but I think there is a whole sustainability plan in the background but I think these guys know that it’s a fair way off right now.

Agree with this I think he looks a real player but a little casual at times which is perhaps a reflection of confidence and outstanding ability. I would like to see him a little bit more aggressive when not in possession to press and challenge the opposition

Agree on this point jumping ability, positioning and timing contribute to being good in the air. Hause is not as tall as mings but I would say better in the air. It made me laugh yesterday when the commentator mentioned el ghazi being a big lad which he might be but very rarely wins a header against smaller players

Gaffer

Love this guy. What a superb effort over the last 2 games and the games around Christmas time. Also love the attitude of this fella and I think you can see the other lads love him too. £3 million what a signing

That is very funny! Why would anyone waste money on a shirt they can never wear.

Playing like he did against Spurs that’s the mings that got himself in the England squad and had all of us desperate for the club to “announce mings” . If he sets that as his baseline of performance then what a defender. When he goes casual/arrogant it’s time to wait for the big mistake. against Spurs he showed why is is our best natural defender but over the season the casualness has Konsa above him in that list just for consistency. on another thought, I wonder what Bournemouth fans think seeing him put in performances like that, it must be similar to watching Gary Cahill when he was at Chelsea for me knowing MON preferred Zat F ing Knight

Might be worth a punt for that money. I am surprised Celtic don’t want more, I had a theory that if a Scottish player had ambition to join an English club moving to Celtic scuppers that because they would want to much money and clubs would bulk at paying because he is playing in a pub league. £7 million suggests my theory is wrong.

Agree with this, he was really on it and none of the casualness that usually results in errors. This was all business. Also a nod to the whole back 4 I thought they were excellent and fair play to Hause when ever he has been brought in I think he has done an excellent job and much improved like many others since last season.

What a disgust performance I genuinely fear for next season I think we are that poor a team. Conceding 3 against palace is shameful

At half time I at no point felt like we would have the concentration levels or grit to see out that game and like many others I felt the turn around was fairly inevitable. I also kind of expected one goal to be followed up with a second quickly because again it’s something we seem to do often which I would put down to poor concentration levels. But my main take away from the game was what the F was dougie doing and mings to be fair

That’s how I read it too, “I’ll try my best to convince him to move but it’s going to be difficult”

If I were Leicester or us for that matter I wouldn’t go near Edouard. Watched him a few times and seems clumsy, not that quick or physical. I can see why he might get goals in Scotland but not in the premier league and certainly not for £30 + million. If you compare him to Dembele who I think he replaced it’s like night and day