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What does he say that’s incorrect? In European football, the teams with the most money do tend to win the most silverware. American sports which have salary caps and a draft system means that more teams win the trophies - there’s much more variety of winner. You’re right that baseball doesn’t have a salary cap, but it at least has a tax penalty for those going over limits - but certainly Yankees, dodgers and Mets are spending a lot more than than other franchises (but not winning year in, year out). He says that Eddie Howe has done a great job but that we can’t ignore the fact we’ve spent quite a lot of money, which we have. I’m not sure what bit you can realistically take issue with, if I’m honest.

I don’t think he said anything out of line or inaccurate. I liked his comparison point with US sports; he’s right. It’s more egalitarian.

Re: Shelvey I don’t think we know if it’s 3 starts or 3 appearances. If the latter he’s made 3 appearances, but Hope will likely know more than us.

Have a glass of cold water

Injured or…?

My mum is pretty in on Spurs - she wrote their recent history book and a screenplay about them, and has a free season ticket in a box - and she is saying he’s a cokehead.

Bloke must give a fucking great interview.

It reminded me of the Everton game at home this season, we were comfortable without getting out of second gear.

“Scraped through” according to impartial Leeds man Michael Brown for the BBC. Dipshit

You’d hope we complain about this refereeing team, made 2 massively incorrect calls which could have fucked us.

For me the question is do we buy a creative door unlocking player, or do we think we have that player on our books already?

The 2 matches against these raises an interesting point for me, which I didn’t think we’d have to deal with a few years yet: what do we do when teams just park the bus?

He doesn’t touch the ball and Zamora keeps him onside. Borderline mind.

Depay clearly talented, so on those grounds would be interesting to see what Howe might do with him. Don’t hold anyone accountable for not being good for Manchester United between Ferguson and Ten Hag, basket case central. I suspect it’s agent-driven though, but that’s just a personal hunch.

I don't think you're ready for what's coming! Another lay-off.

Genuinely it’s incredible the lengths people will go to - look at their essays for fuck’s sake - in order to get what they think is power and influence. Congrats, you just gave yourself a whole load of admin and massively cut into your free time. But it’s worth it because you’re francis deffers more of a fan than me! Legit thought they disbanded once club was sold, purpose served.

The missed penalty: it’s always going to haunt Southgate

What planet is this referee on?!

This could end up being a really interesting match

That’s a great penalty, well done

Second pen!

How long did it take to arrive from footyclassics? Thinking of getting my brother something from there for Christmas - 3 weeks in advance enough?

Argentina would have bitten your hand off to be in this moment when they lost to the Saudis.

I disagree. From the first minute you could tell they were set up not to lose. At no point did anybody break into a sprint

England played it like a pre-season match