![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | Forum Reply | Richards. at 10:53 4 Jul 2024
I really don't get this one at all, Lad comes from a good family, was at City's Academy for maybe 5 years so must have some discipline, Brighton saw enough in him to spend decent money on him (and they'e no mugs) and fairly sure he played a season in League 1 for Doncaster Rovers with presumably positive reports? Only explanation is he's back knocking around with childhood pals and at 22 (?) is reliving the youth he missed out on having relocated to Manchester from age of 14 to 19. I still hav'nt completely given up he will come to his senses but maybe the £5m odd he's probably already banked in his career will extinguish any desire he once had of playing professional football. |
![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | Forum Reply | England v Slovakia last 16 Match Thread at 17:25 1 Jul 2024
I get that, and arguably Capello in particular and Hodgson had decent CV's, but Southgate has done nothing in management to justify that wage, How the FA justify this with price of tickets for Wembley internationals etc is beyond me, but as you say, sanity does'nt come into it. |
![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | Forum Reply | England v Slovakia last 16 Match Thread at 15:15 1 Jul 2024
Agree thought Eze played well but was wrong side of his man for that gilt-edged chance which was a really poor miss. If you're not up to the task, taking £5m quid is criminal, especially when you look at his CV, he's no Carlo Ancelotti and would be unlikely to be offered a job by the Top 20 teams in the country, so who agreed £5m was reflective of his value in the market? I would have thought the influx of money & foreign coaches & players is the reason why the technical levels of our players has improved, but we are still below other European nations, as seen last night with a team who have barely a left foot between them. |
![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | Forum Reply | England v Slovakia last 16 Match Thread at 12:26 1 Jul 2024
Lack of changes made no sense at all and he got away with it as you say, One of many examples of his ineptness was moving Eze into LWB position when I think he still had 2 if not 3 Subs available (including Konsa) during that 1st Half in Extra-Time, Ian Wright picked up on this weakness and I'm a big Eze fan but know he just cannot concentrate & defend that space and nearly got caught out twice, particularly when his man put it over the bar from 6 yards or so, then its penalties and its not looking so good, Just another example of Southgate being caught in the headlights & just look at the pedigree of his coaching team, those boys are stealing a living, Alright being Mr Do The Right Thing but actions speak louder than words and how Southgate can accept a salary of £ 4.9m beggars belief (and I like the bloke). An already wealthy man from football and somehow thinks he's worth 10 times the salary of Sabrina Weigman or 20 times the salary of the PM? Just reminds me of a Trevor Brooking FA type who ticks all the boxes except one, being able to do the job. |
![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | Forum Reply | England v Switzerland Quarter Final match thread at 09:42 1 Jul 2024
Those may be fair observations but he was the only player in that 2nd Half who stood up, others (including Bellingham) just disappeared and hid, Nearly got the equaliser through showing desire and this desire and belief has been on show all season with Arsenal, In a team lacking characters he's a must start. |
![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | Forum Reply | England v Slovakia last 16 Match Thread at 00:18 1 Jul 2024
Slaughtering the Manager, no shot on target for 90 minutes and he made 1 forced substitution on 65mins and a tactical substitution on 86mins, blokes on £5m quid a year and he's clueless. |
![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | Forum Reply | England v Slovakia last 16 Match Thread at 22:50 30 Jun 2024
Decent if basic headed assist but I thought looked a level below any other player technique wise and made zero effort out of possession compared to other Subs like Gallagher, Given the team has no structure or tactics and resorted to aimless crosses, if they don't up their game soon he'll likely be their best option, which is a damning indictment of Southgate and his laughably inept backroom team. |
![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | Forum Reply | Denmark 🇩🇰 v England 🏴 Match Thread at 22:49 20 Jun 2024
I actually thought in the 25 minutes he was on Eze showed 2 or 3 moments of real progressive play which I hadn't seen in first 45mins, a little unfortunate the excellent dribble towards the end didn't open up a shot on goal. |
![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | Forum Reply | Armstrong extended at 21:21 13 Jun 2024
I have you right there Anti, If Cifuentes had read this forum everything could have worked out better sooner and we would'nt have been relying on those last two games, One average fan advised him having seen a lot of these players (not as much as some mind) that: 1) We did'nt have the midfielders to play 4-3-3 & needed to change to a 4-2-3-1 (he eventually did) 2) We were playing with 10 men with Dozzell, he needed to drop him (he did asap) 3) We needed a strong spine & to get Dunne, Field & Dykes back in Starting XI (he did, after the Stoke non-performance) 4) We needed to start Dykes in the run-in as Armstrong & Frey were'nt starters (he eventually did, whether by fortune or judgment) You don't need too many coaching badges to have worked out the above mind |
![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | Forum Reply | Armstrong extended at 17:12 13 Jun 2024
Cheers cobber! Looking forward to seeing some more of your 7's & 8's next year mate! |
![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | Forum Reply | Richards. at 17:07 13 Jun 2024
Played a full season for Doncaster Rovers in League 1 so had desire at some point, Relocated from Shepherds Bush to Manchester (City) for his teenage years so has some fibre, Just think coming back to Shepherds Bush with a lot of money and hooking up with Central Cee and your old mates is just too big a distraction and really something the Recruitment Dept is'nt going to factor into their spreadsheets. |
![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | Forum Reply | Armstrong extended at 17:02 13 Jun 2024
Attributes wise.... Positives - he has strength, pace and desire. Negatives - he has poor control, poor technical ability (ie does'nt have a trick to beat a player), is very one-footed, not a threat in the air but most worryingly for me he has that lack of flexibility in his hips which results in a heavy touch all too often. I like the lad but reckon the R Block and Twitter see something I'm missing. |
![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | Forum Reply | Armstrong extended at 16:57 13 Jun 2024
Apologies in advance for labouring the point, but thought that was another of the 'must not lose' games where we got it tactically all wrong, I get there is a possibility the players may have ignored the game-plan but if you're starting Armstrong as a lone striker what are you expecting you're players to do? I think it was the stark reality of this game and the Birmingham City home game that brought home to Cifuentes what most of us knew, that if you start Frey or Armstrong as you're lone striker you're not going to win many games or pick up enough points to stay up. |
![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | Forum Reply | Eze for England! at 18:58 6 Jun 2024
Absolutely delighted for Eze, good things do come to good people! Likewise Wharton, what a meteoric last few months that lad has had, indirectly sorted him out tickets for the Blackburn 0-4 home game at ours, if I'd known then I'd have negotiated a return favour! Good to see Southgate being so bold too. |
![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | Forum Reply | Bush Hall Fundraiser at 16:25 5 Jun 2024
Unfortunately Chels had a much bigger profile in the early 60's when those boys would have been picking their teams. |
![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | Forum Reply | Dykes injured? at 12:09 5 Jun 2024
Fortunately, whether by choice or good fortune, Cifuentes also realised Dykes was irreplaceable in the run in. |
![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | Forum Reply | End of Term 23/24 – Attack at 13:13 27 May 2024
Ferdinand was very athletic (sure he played in goal for Christoper Wren as could'nt get in school football team otherwise for first few years) as opposed to just being a fast runner, a very and significant difference. |
![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | Forum Reply | End of Term 23/24 – Attack at 16:19 26 May 2024
C'mon Northern, whats that saying, if you can't say some something nice best...... Does'nt surprise as never bought into Dykes being slow, likewise Dunne, but would'nt say either are quickest off a standing start, which is more important the higher the level you play. |
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