TheBrownBottle

If England win on Sunday, then Southgate is England’s greatest manager for me. The Euros is not as prestigious as the WC, but winning it on foreign soil, and also reaching a final, a semi and a QF previously would mean his record is superior to his predecessors. He would’ve needed to beat a very good (though not great) Spain side, and therefore have finally overcome the obstacle that most England managers don’t - getting past the first really good side they face. Southgate to date hasn’t improved upon his predecessors in that regard - beat Spain, and he has. I also think he’s a thoroughly mediocre manager and a poor tactician, and has been blessed with some phenomenally fortunate cup draws and a generation of talent which is the product of St George’s academy and the vast improvements in PL academies over the last decade. These are not contradictory positions.

Seems apt given that adidas are our new kit manufacturers

It will be comfortably double what was paid. NUFC’s price was already undercooked due to poor commercial performance. The agreed price for Everton last November was £550m.

She’s talked before about her stake being diluted. I doubt she is surprised or upset about any of this - she will have achieved what she got into this for.

I’ll give him credit for having two functioning eyes and taking Kane off, definitely

Fucking get in there lad!

Stupid by Saka, who looks knackered tbf

Well, maybe not a mile

Looked a mile off

Yes. I don’t hold English football in the same regard historically. For most of the last few decades it’s England who’ve been cloggers

The Dutch playing counter attacking football relying on the big men from dead balls is an absolute indictment of how far they’ve fallen

Straight at him, thankfully

I was enjoying not being bored for a while there Thanks Garif

I thought it was too - pundits over here also didn’t question it

And the irony is that they’d actually have footage of themselves during the penalty - they were captured on TV. So the egomaniacal wankers could’ve watched their own reaction and told anyone who’d listen ‘there look - that’s me!’ Instead they just look Fannie’s with their camera phones

Genuinely looked like me when I was in for heads and volleys - slowly and gormlessly trying to get near the ball before just stumbling over

Fun that

Just Koeman would be enough for me - 31 years is a glint of an eye for a grudge

Kyle Walker does appear to be brain dead from time to time

Still think that the penalty is karmic justice against Koeman tbh ’Linesman! What have they been told …’

Mainoo has been excellent

England look awful defending corners

It’s definitely a tackle, whether you think it’s penalty or not

Foden was tripped there mind