RobsonsWonderland

So the handball one... I can sort of agree it's not a penalty because the guy wasn't looking at the ball. However would it be a free kick if it happened on the center circle? Probably yes. The same with the challenge on Gordon if it was a fullback doing that to a winger on the touch line. So is there a rule where we look at free kicks in the box for accidental handballs?

There felt a lot of tension in the leazers east corner where I was sitting but this was down to one bloody ginger idiot screaming abuse at the players from the start. Honestly no idea how he coped when we were shite ! Mate if you are on here.. you need to smoke something before the games or you will have a bloody heart attack!

Is he defensive because he doesn't trust his Cb's. I mean we play with two Cdms to help cover them so you are only left with 4 attacking players in the team. And then mentions Foden can't play CM for his off the ball defensive work. So in reality it's defence first

I seem to remember we were always a left midfielder away from being the best team in the world... (If Giggs was only English) Now it seems we are short on Cbs.

I always wished it had worked out for Keegan and England and then I read about his last game in charge... see it was even Southgates fault back then lol

England have world class individuals to help cover for that

Solano

I'm sure Southgate thought he was doing the right thing bringing him on at 2.0 but if this goes tits up it will backfire on them both massively

Poor bloke..

When I was younger Ian Wright was my favourite player irrespective of being a Newcastle fan. I think Foden is getting close to that as he is so different to anyone else in the game and he is a joy to watch. Just waiting for him to nail a place at club and country!

In the past two seasons he has played 17 times for England... compared to 17 for Man U. I don't dislike Maguire but I don't agree players should be getting picked wiithout being at the top of their game.

Gareth Southgate has picked 102 available players into his squads. Southgate has then played ninety of them (74 of them have made a second appearance), up until his 85th match in charge Looking at the top of the list you can see clear favourites and his focus on Southgate FC. 28 of them have had 1 or 0 caps and maybe lip service to the press or ensuring the likes of Anderson have nailed their colours to the mast.

We are just not a team. Which actually goes against his Club England approach.

Would love to watch it with just the stadium noise

Whose that new midfielder Real Madrid signed whose been driving the team forward and scoring goals at the end of the last few games? Yep Southgates subbed him...

I mean if you are going to give someone a free midfield role alongside Rice and Bellingham... Only one person would pick Henderson over Foden

60 million to Chelsea for the shirt sponsorship might be a good deal if it opens up the market for us to compare against. Chelsea have spent their money up front and the 60 million would just be supporting their annual payments. However if we then say it's the market value and increase ours to something similar.. that just allows us to more available funds (and keep me right does that mean we can triple it or does that only count for incoming transfers and ffp )

Which team does Johnstone play for... Oh its Crystal Palace. I mentioned it before but he does like to pick from his old team.

Obviously they are better then our aging players... But it does move the challenge of inflated fees for future purchases. Say Miggy was to move next year we could easily ask for 50 million plus, as their market is not the going rate across Europe

Would Wilson have scored them...

I feel like this applies to us last year... We beat at lot of teams with our hard work and high press. I'm not saying they did not work hard but against Brighton we needed everyone at 100% fitness.. not sure if any of our midfield three are quite there yet be it fitness, injury or getting used to the pace of the game. We are then relying on other less talented players to play above themselves.. and sadly we know that didn't happen

To be fair they pulled west ham apart and lost by counter attacks. Not sure if they learnt from that or we just didn't have the ability to breakaway

A couple of dogs shagging with roller skates on lol

Is this not the same as Bruno, Botman, Gordon etc As Howes plan seems to be to introduce new players into the first team gradually, be it for fitness, tactics or just allowing them time to settle. We don't know but if Tonale would have started if both Willock and Longstaff had been fit? Also the new players have not been bought just for the first four weeks of the season. There time will come and it's up to them to hold their place

I think my hatred of Drury is tied to England getting knocked out of competitions... And his little pre written quips as we kick off. No way Rice Rice baby and the angel Gabriel was made up on the spot lol