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UEFA to receive 2 extra slots. CONCACAF gain 8

£100m net could still be a decent wedge if Tino and Sandro are on the outs tbf

I think Bowen would have been a better option through the middle last night. Really, of all the attackers in that team, Foden would be the last one I’d start as a false nine

104 matches Definitely not watered down in any way

Japan are class They’re missing some of their best players too. I know we are too before anyone starts

It’s a cliche but Mainoo is nowhere near this squad if he doesn’t play for Man Utd

We’re winning nowt unless he puts Livramento and Hall at full-back.

Lee Dixon clearly hasn’t got a fucking clue that Gordon has been playing up top for us most of the season

Hall being absolutely fucking wrecked after the last month or so has probably meant his minutes are limited tbh. Done us a favour really

The crack about losing the derby “hurting” is absolutely a pandering to the fanbase. Hopkinson has been absolutely desperate to look like he “gets it” from the first week when he was photographed in a replica kit watching the match in New York

Japan are a better side than people think and have been for years. They’re always underestimated

Is that 20 points that Gateshead have basically made up in about 6 weeks? Fucking madness

There’s been plenty noise with us and Camara before, hasn’t there? Wouldn’t shock me if his name pops up more and more over the next few months

Uruguay will never change

Can take a bit of solace in the fact that most of these aren’t going to the tournament, dear me

The general standard of the play is absolutely a factor in the general mood IMO. This season has been an absolute slog and we’ve been dragged into the gutter. That Wales/Bosnia game last night was the most I’ve enjoyed a game of football in ages. There may not have been many top quality players on show but it was two teams looking to win with a bit of needle thrown in to boot.

The True Faith lot have always been unbearable but going full engagement bait stupidity has taken them up a notch

That young left back/winger that Bosnia have brought on looks quality. He's totally changed the game

Sure he’ll be able to meet with plenty of interested US clubs when he’s at the World Cup

One eye on Man Utd, I’d imagine

Booing is what kids do at a pantomime, man. They’ll know full well that it wasn’t good enough without resorting to that

I have a horrible feeling that Wilson and Howe are going to have very differing views on how to approach this window. Not necessarily purely with incomings but contracts and player retention too. Let’s hope they can find a good, healthy middle ground

The amount of grappling and holding in that one image alone has it really come to this?