James

I would scrap the predetermined knockout tree especially as the third place part makes it difficult to figure out. Instead I’d put the 16 into a league table, 1st plays 16th, 2nd plays 15th etc. This awards the best teams and will get rid of some of these low risk draw patterns.

We would have had to offer a payoff that is less than we would have had to pay him if he went on loan if it is to maximise our accounting position. Whether he would accept that depends on whether he is getting another good contract offer.

Regardless of accounting surely it is better for FFP if a Championship club is paying a bit of the wage. Even just 10k per week is half a million.

There was a true vision in Eddie’s transfers and it is only right that we get to visualise this by posting formations: Trafford Trippier Kilman Kelly Burn Stanley Matthews Longstaff Longstaff Cook Gordon Farage

On the whole a decent start then a good spread of fixtures which negates the risk of a bad run. but there are two periods where we play Brighton, Chelsea, Arsenal and Everton consecutively - how those go may be determined by how well clubs do with new managers and whether European fixtures are taking a toll

Southgate has his flaws but I don’t think you can blame him for where people are born.

Trippier was great defensively (as were all the defenders) but that left side is just too toothless at this level.

We can point fingers at the players as much as we want but ultimately with a huge amount of hindsight probably Robson who got things wrong. On the continent Robson surrounded himself with elite football coaches. However for us he appointed some really weird nobody coaches like Mick Wadsworth and John Carver. Despite his individual brilliance we never actually got peak Robson because he didn’t have that team with him. Which is why he ultimately didn’t reach the heights that he could have done.

I wonder whether Crumpy ever found happiness

Froggy isn’t really a frog. He is a tadpole.

Burn might go 3

Players looking for a move do get their own medical done which can expedite the formal medical. Happens a lot in January.

Although he rolls around a bit too much when tackled

Isn’t he now preferred to Pope for England?

Grealish must have seen this coming as Gordon has been better than Almiron this season.

Phil Neville

I have stood in these places. It is therefore clear that Bruno is following in the footsteps of greatness.

We’ll have a Plan B it won’t be like the good old “we tried” days

Beth. Tesco turned him down. Explains a lot.

Manchester T2 was a bad job.

Sounds like he has agreed a move somewhere already

He will probably be star player at the Copa America now

I’m not sold on Bruno as captain, he could be great but equally he is always on a bit of a knife edge between passion and going too far. He is right on the sweet spot right now to that regard so giving him the captaincy is a risk. notable that the captain armband has pretty much been around everyone except him this season.

Jeff Hendrick Hair like Anna Kendrick Not as good as Endrick Jeff Hendrick

Howe was able to make Gosling a decent player. even he couldn’t do that with Hendrick