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If I'm being honest, I can sort of see the point Maggy is making, even if it was a bit harsh and excessively put. We've seen plenty of pace, graft and endeavour from Dan James but precious little quality. I have wondered myself a few times about his technical ability and his footballing brain with m...

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Ayling, Struik, Llorente, Firpo
Philips, Dallas
Raphinha, Rodrigo, Harrison,
Bamford

Excellent post. Being a football fan is a strange thing. Look at someone like Norwich now. They will have been desperate to get in the premier league and last season will have been great for them - winning most games, playing good football, achieving success. Now that they've got it though, they're ...

I love supporting England in tournaments, but I think you'd have to have serious rose tinted glasses on to try and claim we were as good as a World Cup semi final and Euros final would normally suggest a team were. Very fortunate with the routes in both. In all the matches from both tournaments ther...

Bamford suffered from the common England malaise of every player taking too many touches on the ball and allowing any space they might have had to be shut down, leading to a lot of sideways and backwards passing. He was constantly looking to make runs and was just never picked out. When they do thin...

We definitely should not forget or under appreciate the part Costa played in getting us to where we are now. He scored a handful of important goals and created a few as well, and was part of a good team that we all loved watching. It's true that he seems not to be quite up to the standard we need no...

I'm not sure I'd call Cooper a passenger. He gives it his all and to be fair he's stepped his peformance up enough to legitimately be called a Premier league player, albeit a lower end one. He's solid enough 90% of the time but of course he's prone to some bad errors and rash decisions sometimes. I ...

U-23 squad, look strong but will they be ready for the full team , when needed cos they undoubtedly will be called upon. Certainly feel we need a midfield playmaker for the first 11 yes a ward prowse or bernado silva. So am disappointed with the first team activity tbh. I sort of agree. We've sold ...

Great article about Dallas here which I think it's fair to say backs up our view on the forum:
https://twitter.com/JamesGheerbrant/sta ... 16257?s=08

I've gone for Dallas but Ayling pushed him close. Because Dallas does such an unbelievable amount of running, I think there's a danger that his improvement in quality can get missed. He has given every ounce of himself in every game, but he has also played VERY well. For me he's actually a contender...