McCormick

Rashford is wank.

I think Rangers is an easier, more familiar job with a chance to to win trophies. Wolves transfer policy probably put him off as well; he might not back himself to get a tune out of a load of agent-driven Portuguese starlets.

Yeah, dunno why this is a thing seemingly always used in conjunction with “is clear of”. eg. Almiron: clear of Pack Pealish. Baffling stuff.

True but there was no one making any runs in behind for him to pick out. He kept looking up, seeing there was no one on and passing it back. Just a very negative performance from England, “pragmatic” if you want to be extremely kind.

Abject. Is the only word for it…

Southgate is an absolute coward.

Saka’s been pretty poor..

we need some speed and energy in the middle Gareth ffs.

Inept as fuck performance. Make some changes Nord ffs.

We’ll lose this. Look absolutely dog shit.

Brucetastic lack of game-plan here for England.

We’re desperate for a bit of bite in the middle. Far too soft.

Need someone to drive at these lot. Way too pedestrian, usual fare from us.

Women are allowed to wear shorts and football shirts ffs (since MBS took power anyway) . Unless they plan to play in lingerie, they’ll be fine. Whether or not the interest for womens’ football is there is a different question, but that’s not a Saudi-specific problem unfortunately.

Despite the circus surrounding him and the fact that he’s obviously a narcissistic tosser, a small part of me thinks it’d still be pretty cool to see one of the greatest to ever do it wearing a Newcastle kit.

National holiday in KSA after that win btw

KSA always fail on the big stage, so happy to see them pick up a historic win. Unlike Qatari’s, Saudi’s do have an immense passion for the game. The streets are going nuts right now!

They’ve got quite an energetic team tbf and seem to know what a press looks like, unlike Wales.

Such a farce.

That’s a ridiculous penalty shout.

Left-back. Don’t see it tbh.

Perrone, Santos, Kuol, Drameh/Ashby and one of Maddison/ Diaby/ Mudryk/ Pedro (in order of preference) coming in Jan would be amazing. CL guaranteed.

Howe: Good football philosophy Bruce: Goofball full of sausage meat.

How physical is he? Fast, strong etc.? Defensively? Youtube suggests he’s pretty decent technically but I worry for our midfield without Joelinton’s power in there.

Howe: 3rd going into the festive break Bruce: Going into his 3rd festive bake.