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Agree. Has annoyed me for years how easily teams get crosses in against us. I thought NP would sort it when he signed a new RWB. He seems to like putting non-defenders in there though.

I appreciate it was a fluke. We found all sorts of ways to concede injury time goals last season. I hope it has changed and this was purely bad luck.

Exactly. Constantly conceding late goals - surely must be down to mental attitude.

It isn't just bad luck when you try to sit back on a 1-0 lead. Seems the mental weakness is still very much there.

Is Wilson not 100% fit? Slightly surprised he doesn't start, based on comments from pre-season games.

Wilson not catching the injury jinx already I hope.

Lee's legendary attention to every little detail seems to have slipped a bit here. I expect the grass was exactly the right length though.

We've only added a few free transfers to the squad that struggled for most of last season. As it stands I'd think 14-15th would be a good finish.

If any of them are in England first team in a few years, he looks the most likely.

I think Max suffers from not being tall enough to dominate big strikers. Hence he flaps a bit at crosses when put under pressure. Or that is my impression - stats maybe prove me wrong? Is this guy any taller than him if he is 1.87m? I'm 1.88 and wouldn't think that is tall enough with some of the lanky players in the league these days.

Give this squad to a top coach like, for instance, Pochettino and we'd have a realistic chance of World Cup glory. With Southgate we all know it will be another let down.

Sir Gareth walks on water with the FA. No chance of him going before we embarrass the country at the World Cup.

Hahahahaha. England have been complete shite. Deserve to lose frankly.

Oi! I live in Devon and there's nowt wrong with Budleigh. My favourite walk this time of year is from there to Exmouth along the coastal path. Great view, nothing like the road to hell.

Championship was his level really. I'm not sure what the fuss is about Bellingham either. He may be an impressive athlete for his age but what does he contribute? A bit like Sancho, only ever done anything in the German league.

Commentator: 'England have a tactical problem here'. Yeah - his name is Gareth Southgate.

Michael Owen seeming to agree that Southgate is just too cautious in the way he sets the team up. I can accept that I know f all compared to the England coach, but when he agrees with my view I start to think maybe Gareth is holding us back.

Except that they obviously play to the instructions given to them by the coach. Which appear to be safety first, covering our defence..

I would rather we played 4-3-3 than 4-5-1.Grealish and Sterling should be further forward where their strengths are maximised.

He's included different players but stuck with two holding midfielders. I get that our defence isn't great but we need a win. At what point will he actually pick an attacking formation??

What a snoozefest from England. Southgate is such a boring coach. His middle name is surely 'safe'. Sterling and Abraham had no impact and I rate them both. I expect Gareth's answer will be to bring on another holding midfielder.

People have talked about Scott and HNM as possibly attracting bids. Antoine always seemed to me to be far more likely to go. For me, he is the one we can least afford to lose. A lot of our goal threat relied on him. Which is why he will be in demand. I really worry about the impact of losing him. We will need to replace him with someone with pace and power up front or a lot of the attacking threat will be gone.

I was upset when Whitehead stopped playing as a winger for us. Loved watching him skin a full-back. I recall him saying he'd had enough of being kicked all game, which full backs got away with in the 70s to be fair.

If Semenyo leaves we are back to square one imo. Pearson has been open in his tactic of playing on the break. You need players with genuine pace to make that work. AS is our key player to making this work. If he is sold we will need a similar replacement as no-one else in the squad has pace.

It does worry me a bit if those are the 3 CBs for next season. They all have their strengths but none has any real pace. Maybe kalas with two of them may work but I wouldn't call him quick either. Not sure nige can afford another CB if we sign Klose and Cundy.