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What was Max doing for the Swansea goal?

I think it is far more of the case the club want to do some business in January and need to free up wages. It just happens to be Bentley who another club want.

I would like Pearson to stay. Yes results over all have not been great, however the players still play for the Manager and there is an awful lot going on behind the scenes.

I suppose France have the same issues worrying about Englands front 3.

I think you have to trust to luck (a little that Mbappe has an off day). I don't see how playing 3 at the back helps if only Walker has a chance of keeping up. Also as vs. Croatia at the last WC the 352 will become 532 so we will have little attacking outlet. Stopping Griezmann getting too much of the ball will slow the French down as he makes them tick.

Yes in control of the game against a vastly inferior opposition, who dug in and sat back. It does not change the fact that up until Rashford's free kick our play was poor. We were slow. Thought speed, movement, passing.

We were poor until Rashfords free kick. Slow passing, little movement, lack of tempo.

We were poor up until Rashford's freekick. Slow passing, little movement. The same as the USA game really

We did not press the USA at all so started to sit deeper and deeper, especially second half. I get the Henderson sub. I don't get Rashford over Foden. Grealish with his technical ability caused USA problems. Maybe Foden on for Mount? I would have taken Kane off and put Wilson on. TAA for Trippier. I still don't get why Ben White did not come on against Iran but hey ho.

Absolute howler from Max He doesnt even make it to the ball

My biggest frustration with Southgate is he never tries to win the game. Against Italy he has Tammy on the bench who plays in Italy and scores goals. Why is he not brought on and given half an hour as we needed a goal? What is the point of the bench if you aren't going to use it? 3 at the back with no left wing back? A poor WC and he is gone. We look slow and ponderous all the time.

David Luiz

Naismith should have got his head to the ball for the first and for the second slipped a pass to his left for Dasilva. Why was Vyner so deep for the second? Very poor marking from Vyner for the third.

It's not. Yes Naismith has made errors but so have all the others Just because the error does not lead to a goal does not mean it is not an issue

The defending is far from excellent. We have imho a real chance of the playoffs based on our current form. However our defence is a serious worry

Up the City!

Sadly I think this will be 1-1

This last minute conceeding has been going on for far too long. For all the good Pearson is doing (and in my opinion there is lots on and off the field) this is dogging his tenure. The biggest issue by far is conceeding at the end of the game. Perhaps they need a physcoligist (sp?) brought in as I think it is now a mental issue more than a football issue. I hope we crack it soon.

Scott at RWB baffles me a lot

I would start the front three on Saturday. They linked up well. Yes it was a reserve Coventry team however confidence always helps

Woo hoo

TBH the late goal at Hull bugs me more as it was another injury time goal conceeded. I know it had a massive deflection (no one marking the player though). It needs to stop though as the longer it goes on the more it gets ingrained in our players and the opposition.

Always good to get the first win of the season out of the way, however dont forget the start we had under DH and how that ended!

Palmer was a strange signing at the time. You buy this type of player and build your team around it. As SOD did with JET.