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Gnonto would be a class depth signing and probably not that expensive. £30-35m would be a good deal to have him as a cover for LW, RW, SS with a really high ceiling. Only 20 so there wouldn't be almost any risk either, could always sell him on if his development stalls.

Was the problem really the teams 17-24?

Carvajal was so good today, didn't know he could be that good with the ball on top of being the usual terrier-esque nuisance defensively.

Yeah, think I said this after the first match. Second CM was a problem and Bellingham deeper would have opened a spot for Gordon or Eze and you would've had at least some balance. Bellingham was a £100m CM last summer after all despite playing higher up for Real Madrid.

Viaplay, Scandi company. No studio so just a talented cameraman and the stadium waiting for the match, was decent.

Caniggia

I've had an old school totty cam for an hour.

Fucking hell, that looks horrible. Thankfully the security guards didn't bring their AR-15s to the match. Saw a dog just walking away from the chaos and the owner panicking before getting the dog back at the end.

Have no idea about Afobe but Bournemouth got their money back from Wolves after two seasons. Brooks cost £10m and TM had his value as high as €30m before he lost one season to an ankle injury and another to cancer ffs. Mepham is a £10m CB, I don't know how he could be seen as a failure. Solanke has more than doubled his value and is still only 26. Also cost ~£15m which really isn't much for a PL striker. Looks pretty fucking good if those are the big misses alongside Ibe.

I think Kane might be the biggest victim of Southgate in this tournament and he just picked his name when Watkins or Toney would've been much better fit to his tactics. Kane dropping to same spaces where Foden and Bellingham were already standing in each others way was never going to work and Kane had no idea what to do. He also needs runners which Southgate refused to use, Gordon would be perfect player for Kane. He doesn't have the physical traits anymore to be a combative CF but no way he scores all those goals for Bayern if he's really finished IMO.

Also certain Pickford just wants to kick the ball as far away as he can as a brag to look macho and tough, was ridiculous tonight.

If people were asked to form a combined eleven out of England and Spain before the tournament, I honestly think Rodri would be the only lock Spaniard and few others like Pedri and Williams might get some mentions. Spain were impressive all tournament but there's absolutely no reason why England shouldn't be too with a manager who has some balls and doesn't try to force big names to fit in to a formation out of position. It's mind-boggling that you just never used the left wing all tournament and it was Bellingham in the end who got sacrificed there after Foden failed miserably before.

Format is partly to blame due to so many third place teams going through which results in cautious approaches in especially the third group games. Much bigger problem IMO is that so many big countries are playing abysmal football right now with their terrible scared managers. Honestly think Spain and Germany were the only big nations playing entertaining football, shame they faced in the first knockout round. Many smaller nations were playing good stuff and especially Rangnick and Austria showed that you can play good football and get results even with a very average squad when it's well coached. France, England, Portugal, Belgium, Italy and even Holland should be ashamed of those performances, no matter the results. Just horrible boring football.

Carvajal has been magnificent.

HOOF Should have Toney on the pitch if this is the plan.

That is the worst thing I've ever read.

Yeah, think he'a much more a complementary player than a key cog. £60m and £250k a week though.

You should try sending good songs more often and not just cry that everyone hates you. That one space guy did well recently. My hate is purely for Southgate’s tactics and how people lap it up when the results are there. Can anyone imagine giving praise to Howe (or Ange) for a match where the team tried their first shot of the half when the added time was about to start?

They have oil in their ground, what does ruthlessness have to do with that?

Last 15 minutes felt like two hours.

Agree, if a bobbins club on the verge of relegation was £300m, £600m for the current NUFC feels low. I know it's only Transfermarkt and some German fella in a basement but just our playing squad is valued at roughly ~£600m there.

Mate, you didn't make it out of your group.

This is hilarious.

Guess it's just their job but I'm certain they did get emotionally attached to the club and city. PCP never had the funds to keep up with PIF and Reuben's but they'll be handsomely rewarded for their role in brokering the deal. I'm not sure what we are valued at right now but it has to have at least doubled since the takeover. At £600m they would walk away with a ~£10m profit, £800m valuation and it's over £20m even with the dilution. This is all speculation but IMO their 10% was just a PR trick to get more acceptable faces to lead the takeover and the first years after it for both the media and the public. They probably would have liked to stay in some role after falling in love but it's impossible if PIF are serious about the new training centre and a new/renovated stadium and the money is most likely meaningful to them after the legal battles. Thanks for everything and no matter what happens in the future, we'll be in a better place than before Staveley first entered the stadium.

How the mighty have fallen.