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Fuck’s sake, please be back for Fulham

Errr, no

Sterling has his moments? He’s been amongst our best three performers on average for years even though his level has dropped since the Euros. Walker, I agree but for different reasons, his legs are starting to go. He’s been one of our best outlets for years getting us up the pitch so it’s a strange comment about his possession. Rice, is a difficult one, he’s a good player but because we’re so static going forwards he’s really not that great in this system

Is it not going to be super humid? I don’t know much about the climate there at that time of year

I think you’ve got problems that are bigger than Southgate @David Edgar

Howay man, say what you want about this shit and the quality of our football outside of tournaments but his results have been outstanding in major tournaments. You can talk about the fact he’s got great players at his disposal but the same was said for years and years before and other managers had less success. I agree that this performance is nowhere near good enough and we don’t look like we have a clear system of attack. His time might be close to being up but he didn’t luck his way through two tournaments

How hot is expected to be in Qatar? Expecting some games to be a slugfest of shit because of the temperatures

There’s no doubt that since the Euros our performances have dropped. I’m sure there are lots of reasons for that but we don’t look like a cohesive team through the middle. It’s on Southgate to work out how to get these quality players to link up properly. I know it’s not a World Cup / Euros game but we look so devoid of energy

Apart from Bellingham, there’s basically no positives to take from this performance. Pope’s been solid. Our movement of the ball has been exceptionally slow at times and when we have broken forward we’ve been so poor

Pretty sure Kane’s jaw can take that

Missing Premier League football for this

“That tackle’s right on the edge of being a foul”. If that had been against a top four side you can imagine VAR would have wanted a look

Seen him play a couple of times and my brother in law is a massive Sheffield United fan. He says that he’s streets above most players in that league but that he seems to lack the intensity and attitude to really dominate despite his technical ability and physique. Maybe he’s something of a Wijnaldum type player that couldn’t be relied upon to perform when you really need him to but he’s clearly ready for a premier league team

What a joke, seems a strange decision from him long-term unless like Bowlingcrofty mentions he got a release clause around £25m. Watford haven’t even been that good this season even though he’s an excellent player so they’re not guaranteed to come back up this season

Picked up an injury I see

Yeah, he'll be back soon enough. This international break has actually come at an ok time overall even though I despise it

Bassong, there’s a player you don’t hear much about in relation to NUFC these days. Glad he’s still got a positive connection to the club

Thanks Truss, you fucking reptile

Lerl, hope that happens

Yeah, good comments. He can be our Wilson replacement when his legs finally give way

I just hate momentum being broken up in the season and I’m sure it makes for worse games after the breaks. Feels like this season has barely even begun and it’ll still likely feel that way after the World Cup because of how broken up it’s been

Anthony Gordon gets a lot of press but this lad has better technique. Can’t wait for him to get more game time. He’s so close to breaking through into the first team now as a starter

Would have loved to have seen him lead us for same games in Europe. Would have felt confident against a lot of opponents based on his tactical excellence. I prefer Eddie’s style of play though and know I’ll get more enjoyment out of the way we bully opposition long-term under Howe. Would love to see Rafa back in the game though

He loves the game too much, I could see him taking on a championship club pushing for promotion that has some ambition. I agree that a lot of PL clubs will be wary now even though it’s not really justified

Those stats are rough, I’m a Willock fan but I think he needs to play in a high-possession side that moves the ball quickly so that he can make runs to get on the end of the ball. He’s not good enough with the ball at his feet to play a CM role and he’s not great at defensive work other than pressing and nipping stray balls away. If we can’t get in behind teams then he’s fairly redundant unfortunately. I still hope it can work out for him