Jonesy7211

All of these records city and their players are setting should not be acknowledged by Sky until the result of investigation/115 charges is known.

The constant love in from them is sickening.

My two cents

Not as easy as some are making out. The front 3 are more than capable of causing our high line quite a few problems, Son is quality, and Johnson is very quick.

Whilst not being great centre backs, Davies and Dier are experienced. When Olly and Diaby press them they'll both know the ref will back them at their place. I expect them to drop deeper as well; we tend to struggle against deeper defences. Hojbjerg won't go over the halfway line either. Hope I'm wrong on that and they keep the high line, and then I think we could do well.

Their fullbacks are better than ours too. They'll be a big factor in this as we play quite narrow in comparison to them.

I just hope Bentancur isn't match fit if he plays, as after that they get a bit thin for backups. On that note, our bench should be a massive factor in this as they really don't have one due to injuries.

Difficult one to call on current form, 3 losses on the bounce for them, but we don't look as confident away from home. Calling a draw.

Even if they do cut income tax, it's going to be a pointless exercise. The gap between any proposed minor income tax cut and the interest rate rises of the last few years is going to be too large. We need to concentrate on getting interest rates down to 2%, otherwise the gap is going to keep rising at an unaffordable rate, albeit less quickly. When we get closer to that then cut income tax.

This is nothing more than a cheap political move to say "we've cut taxes".

There needs to be cuts for small businesses.

I know it's hard to see him in charge now, but we'll all get the last laugh when he leaves England, doesn't get a decent job, then relegates the first team that takes a chance on him.

That's my dream anyway.

3 minutes ago, Genie said:

No way Southgate’s luck will hold for another really kind route through the next tournament.

Not to go all Keegan, but I'd love it if we got a group of death. He'd be like a rabbit in the headlights.

1 minute ago, TheAuthority said:

What horseshit will horseface come out with after this abject display then?

"Well, Maguire defended well, but Ollie really needs to do better with all those chances he had" or some crap to that effect.

Two hugely poor performances. If anything he's got more negative. I don't get it because most of the squad press high and with a quick tempo for their club teams. Adapting them into an effective attacking outfit shouldn't be difficult.

Then playing out of form players like Maguire, Rashford, and Grealish. Or playing Trent AA in midfield.

Also refusing to call up other players when there were withdrawals. It's like telling those players they might as well play for Scotland as they're not getting in under him.

Worst manager possible for the players we have.

Why are we playing with two holding mids, and fullbacks that won't push on against this shower?

We're slow and look utterly devoid of creativity. Push a midfielder on, increase the tempo, and we'll apply more pressure and naturally create more.

Utter fraud of a manager.

I'm too young to remember Ron Saunders at the club, I was a baby, but has there ever been a manager of the club who is so universally beloved by the fanbase?

For as long as I can remember I don't think we've ever been so united in our faith in the manager.

I think we were all very happy with Atkinson, Little, and Gregory, but from memory it was nothing like this.

I know we've just scored, but watching how deep and negative we are only makes me more grateful for Unai. Southgate is miles away from his level.

Without Rice and Bellingham we're woefully short in the middle. Surely ward-prowse would have been a worthwhile callup when there were injury withdrawals.

Enough has been said about the defensive setup, but why is Rashford playing? He's woefully out of form.

You could pick holes in the 11 all day long.

Wider point on GK's in general, but there's a real dearth of quality goalies at the moment. Some of the no1's for top clubs around Europe aren't a patch on the luminaries that came before them. Most of the backups that we'd probably consider decent are going to be getting 1st team football currently. Look at Chelsea, they've got Sanchez, and he's awful. Isn't Szczeney still no1 at Juve? A good backup GK is probably the hardest position to fill in world football.

It's probably because most clubs want a keeper who can play out from the back, and that's a skillset that not many have. It wasn't long ago only Neuer could do that.

That's the precedent now. Everton have stated that they're going to appeal, but also they'll be monitoring any punishment other clubs may receive.

Konsa has been showing more consistent form since Unai came in, but has been a good Premier league level defender for a long while. This is both very well deserved and a long time coming. I'd love him to do well.

However, I don't think he'll see a minute unless we go 5-0 up at half time against mighty Malta. Southgate will play the usual suspects for nearly the whole game, taking off Henderson and Maguire near the end of the game for Phillips and Guehi.

I don't remember fireworks being this much of a problem 25-35 years ago. There used to be loads of places, pubs, sports clubs, and other venues, that would put on a decent show for s whole evening.

Now there's so few of these near me if you go to one you're shoulder to shoulder for 2 hours for a 10 minute show.

I hate that more people have them at home now, they go on for weeks either side of bonfire night and then again on New year's Eve. Absolute load of crotch sniffers.

Awful reffing again. We always seem to get the rough end of yellow card decisions.

Good performance overall though. McGinn motm, but impressed with YT.

Very happy with the season so far, well ahead of where I thought we'd be.

It's us. If you're on a goal drought or on a particular run we're still the team to play.

Our fullbacks need to sit back for 10 mins. They keep getting in behind them. Take the sting out of them.

4 minutes ago, Rustibrooks said:

It’s ironic that barely any of these far right guys are wearing poppies

That's because they're idiotic racists, and not people supporting the fallen brave.

We were flat, but I felt that they put us off our game with a lot of cynical fouls that weren't punished correctly. They should have a lot of yellows. Ref was awful.

12 minutes ago, sidcow said:

They've guaranteed that a Palestine protest is now going to go ahead on Sunday in London by making such a big deal about out. 

Well done Suella. Mission accomplished. 

They've also guaranteed that there'll be a response from the Tommy Robinson morons who will go, with the goals of causing as much trouble as possible and being racist, whilst pretending they're protecting English white people.

She's directly responsible for any confrontation on what should be a sombre day.

14 hours ago, tomav84 said:

i think for most, yes agree. but it's become a stick to beat people with, usually by words removed like the below. the likes of farage need to be careful about stuff like this. he's not well liked, to put it mildly, and crap like this is not going to help

 

I agree entirely that there are racists like Farage who twist the message of what the poppy should represent and undermine it. It's a shame people can't see through it. Maybe not for this thread, but it's something the Tories, and to a lesser extent the other parties, have been doing with many different topics for the last 20 years.