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Burn is older than Coutinho. Can’t you just acknowledge the other guy’s right and move on? You just signed some guys to get you out of a tight spot. Sure, you will probably change your approach now, but that’s not what you said.

There are at least four or five anthems. Plenty to go round.

Won’t lie, that’s great, and about time too. Although it does rather suggest they knew nobody would give a shit about Qatar in the opener.

Let banter commence!

AFAIK Japan are still on a bit of a decline, which is a pity as otherwise that could be a tricky group.

Portugal will have their work cut out, although I have no idea how good Ghana are atm.

Hate to flog a dead horse, but it’s so very much a Group of Bants.

To be fair, I kinda have . Wouldn’t surprise me all that much if they did.

Yeah I kinda liked the principle of FFP insofar that it could have lead to “sustainable” football. Obviously part of the problem was that it was partly driven by rich clubs trying to pull up the drawbridge. Just seemed mildly amusing because like you say, things have changed.

Weren’t you annoyed when Liverpool were spending despite annual losses? Genuine question btw, it’s a very vague memory.

Hate when players get sent off in friendlies. What’s the fucking point?

Chris Moyles FFS. Will never, ever understand why he was so successful.

Is Tyrick Mitchell any good? Wasn’t being facetious - he looks good but I’d never heard of him.

Quintessential Southgate England game tbh.

Have to make your own entertainment when watching these games

Bit soft but it was up.

Should have chested that down tbh.

Unproductive certainly. Those two plus Mount and Foden have been on the periphery for the most part.

He’s just trying things out I presume. You might as well say “how doesn’t he start Sterling?”

Not the most inspiring set of subs but it feels like Grealish might be able to take this game by the scruff of the neck if we make him the centre of things.

Cheers. Found it on ESPN+ in the end.

God I used to love those, playing at LB/LM. Nicely finished. I missed the beginning but saw most of that. Switzerland are well-drilled at pressing and nicely organized all round. We just look like a team with players who aren’t totally sure what their role is. Mount and Foden off Kane isn’t really doing anything. Gallagher has run around a lot but he and Henderson have been out of position at times. Telling that the goal came from just a speculative lob over the top. Biggest problem is the movement off the ball when we have it.

Anyone in America happen to know if this is on anywhere?

Not like he can just part the Black Sea - there’s a war on.

There’s definitely something about Villa fans though. I was working in Villa territory around the beginning of Martin O’Neill’s tenure and there were more than a few guys who had considered themselves to have always been a top two or three side - basically on a par with, say, Liverpool. It was just the way the talked about it, like of course they were a bigger club than just about everyone, and it was just a matter of time before the glory days of, ooh, the 1800s were back. It really stuck in my mind because it took me so much by surprise.