Andrew

Given that he was at Spurs when they appointed Vilas Boas, Sherwood and eventually Poch(though eales left a few months after that one) I would say I hope not. Mitchells the one to look out for. I'd be shocked if either were stupid enough to let Howe go unless we're doing really shit though.

I'll be shocked if Howe goes for several reasons. He's on the up as a club manager and is at a club with tons of ambition and (rules aside) resources to keep growing. In his sit down interview with Neville you can tell that he slots into that "football perv" niche that the top managers do, he fucking LOVES it, training, planning all of it. He'd miss it if he stepped into the international job. It takes a while for players to settle into Howes way of playing and training. Bruno took a while to get into the starting line up, Gordon has said he was not at the level needed physically or tactically when he joined us, hence needing 6 months to really get into the side at all. You don't get to do that with international players. Given how the club were with Man U and Ashworth, and the fact that Howe signed a contract extension last summer, we'll want a fucking fortune for him. The only thing I could think of that might tempt him, is that he would be getting the job right at the start of a tournament cycle, with a really talented group of players and he may back himself to go to the World Cup with them and actually win it.

I don't mind the idea of it being Carsley tbh, won the U21 Euros last summer with Gordon getting player of the tournament. De la Fuente just came up through the age ranks at Spain and won the Euros.

Not your best chair Tom, but the alpacas good!

I want a manager that has an apparent plan for the players we have. Southgate had a plan for a while, but when he had to pick a different squad as time moved on he just seemed to give up on having one at all. That Kalvin Phillips quote is it in a nutshell. I dont care enough about the england team to watch "results are all that matters" football, I gave up on this euros by slovakia. When you can get the same entertainment from checking the result after the match is over that you can from watching it whats the point?

For the price touted I'd prefer us to be in for Chiesa.

I don't really agree, I think a reminder of the kind of people who DO follow football, go to games and think like this is necessary once in a while. I leave it to the discretion of the posters though.

Schar and Dubravka.

Went behind in every knockout game and had to make changes to claw back a result, followed by starting the same fucking players all over again, every single time. Gordon, Palmer and Watkins ought to be furious at the lack of opportunity they were afforded given their efforts in their time on the pitch. Hoping to see the back of Southgate now, his tournament record is unquestionably very good, but this euros has been fucking dreadful to watch. He is very clearly out of ideas now that his first crop are aging out, he doesn't know how to integrate the new players in properly unless he's absolutely forced to.

And now the Deputy PM is saying "JK Rowling supports trans rights" because thats what JK Rowling has told her Nah, fuck off. (Not you KD, but the Labour position on this in general)

In being mad about thiz I haven't found a credible source that says puberty blockers are irreversible. Not saying there isnt one and if you have one Id like to see it. I agree there is a difference between a nanny state and a responsible state. A responsible state wouldnt be basing this sort of policy decision on a tory reading of the Cass review and would be including both transgender healthcare providers and the trans community in its consultations. The tories pursued this as part of the right wing playbook found all over the place at the moment, and Im really disappointed in labour doing the same.

Its based on the Cass review as far as I know, which I think Ive posted about before but has been pushed back on by a lot of trans rights groups for bias, faulty logic and excluding trans healthcare providers and experts from its "comprehensive review" of trans healthcare. https://www.thenational.scot/news/24425388.cass-review-contains-serious-flaws-according-yale-law-school/

Bad stuff. Stupid culture war bullshit I sincerely hoped was behind us. Victimising a tiny, vulnerable group of people who have done nothing to deserve it based on the rhetoric of bigots.

I haven't watched us in the knockout stages at all. I don't care enough about England to commit to a two hour shite game of football. If there was even a glimmer of a chance of entertainment during the games, I'd be watching. If we're incapable of making it entertaining at any point I really don't give a fuck if we win. I'll have the final on on Monday morning because Spain are in it and they're great to watch. England will also be there I suppose.

You couldn't pay me enough to take that job tbf, you lot are bad enough.

What a cunt.

Which one is trust fund boy?

Greenwood close to a permanent transfer to Marseille. They suit each other.

They're definitely nerd guitars though, you know?

Thats a cool guitar. I don't really own cool guitars 😅

More of a pain in the arse than it might seem. Fingers crossed some tweaks like that will be easier once I've upgraded the board software

Yeah this influx of bored Reform bots is getting on my tits a bit. I'll keep an eye on it this week and see if I can do anything about it over the weekend.

I've pretty much fully checked out at this point tbh. I would like our players to play and do well but thats about it. Whats the point of winning the games or even the tournament if 5 minutes of it is enjoyable? Nothing is at stake if we don't win it, the country isn't going to get relegated and go out of business, some other bigger country isn't going to come and take our players.