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18 minutes ago, 22A said:

Is it better than 12.30pm Monday on the radio like we used to have?

Doesn’t need to go back to radio, but at least do the draw during an actual football programme, instead of the One Show. 

Just now, Midlands Robin said:

BBC1 on Monday Night at 7pm. (During the One Show)

Deary me. And they wonder why the magic of the FA cup has gone. 

2 minutes ago, Rocking Red Cyril said:

Do we not have a better option than vyner at full back ?

 

Okies used before I had it changed ?

Vyner RCB. Tanner RWB.

15 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

Let’s get Dyche in, much more ambitious move..

Dyche favourite for Norwich job now apparently 

17 minutes ago, Aberdeen Pete's Dad said:

England have a very good team, probably the best ever and certainly the best since 1970. They could easily have won this year, and I am speaking as a Scotsman. Most of them will be in their prime in 4 years and there will be very few changes by then. It is not stretching a point to suggest that Alex Scott will be playing in Jordan Henderson ‘ s position . Harry Kane may have gone over by then, and his most effective replacement will be Abraham of Roma. Harry Maguire is obviously vulnerable , but the defence will be improved by the introduction of Webster of Brighton. 

Kane will be 32 and should still be able to lead the line for us in 2026, especially if he manages to stay fit and healthy. Unfortunately I can’t see Adam Webster breaking into the England squad anytime in the next 4 years, unless he gets a move to a bigger club of course. 

Stones & Maguire will both be 32/33 which is not a problematic age for centre halves, especially if they’re injury free and playing top level club football still. 
 

3 hours ago, Sheltons Army said:

True

But absolutely necessary IMHO

How we cope with Frances front 3 decides the game for me 

I think he will go 5-3-2 rather than 5-2-3 , Because of Bellingham 

Allows him to play same robust midfield 3 

Means sacrificing Saka or Foden 

The last 2 international matches that France have lost (Denmark & Croatia in Nations League Sep/June 2022) was them up against a 4-3-3. France put out strong sides in both fixtures.

Be interesting to analyse how the Croatians and Danes won those games and stopped Mbappe. Maybe it’s more about flooding the midfield and actually starving him of the ball? If Rice, Hendo and Bellingham can dominate Rabiot, Griezmann and Tchouameni it will give us a real hope. The French look open at the back and won’t press us like Senegal did today. 

I really hope Southgate is brave and sticks with the 4-3-3. France will be as worried about our attack as we are about theirs. 

Fam dropped for Senegal in their decisive game against Ecuador. Bit harsh? 

Shambles from Korea Manager there. If Uruguay win their last 2 and Korea beat Portugal then they could still qualify. Silly red card for him

If Semenyo comes on and scores a 116th minute winner, I’m gonna run through the streets of south east london naked only wearing a black star. 

No idea why all the tabloids are saying “Saka in over Foden” when surely it’s Sterling (or even Mount) in over Foden.
 

Saka doesn’t really have any competition for the right hand side attacking role, maybe Maddison who often plays there for Leicester.

I think it’s maybe a good idea to give Mount and Sterling this opportunity, as they know that if they blow it against Iran then they’ll lose their place pretty quick. 

1 minute ago, Spike said:

Honestly, Atkinson and Naismith with no clue who was going to close down! This back 3 needs a leader! Nige should tell one of them to call who closes down, like in that situation Naismith should be telling Atkinson to close down if he is going to stand off.
Atkinson, Naismith and Vyner all seem to want to be that last man who doesn't commit to challenges and you can't have that in a back three, at the very least we need a leader in the back three who will communicate what should be happening. This is why I don't think a back three ever works well, because it's so rare to find a centre back who can not only play well in a back three but can lead the back three with clear commands.

Absolutely shambolic from both Atkinson and Naismith there. 

Really disappointed by Conway.

Definitely should have gone full Scott Murray 'cupped ear' mode in his celebration past the Atyeo.

Just now, Tafkarmlf said:

Atkinson is having a great game, flint like but with skills 

Carried his form over from the end of last season. Really talented lad. 

1 minute ago, Rossi the Robin said:

Hardly a mistake 

 

Losing the ball on the edge of your opponent's 18 yard box shouldn't classify as a mistake if they then go on to score. Maybe your own 18 yard box like, but no way can you blame AS there. Israel still had plenty of work to do.

35 minutes ago, frenchred said:

One to fill a quota

What an absolute weapon you are. 

Article mentions that they could possible reduce this 12 weeks down if things go well. Let's say it's 9-10 weeks before being back on the training pitch, that would be around wk beg 22 August. Could possibly see him in 1st team squad (all going well) by early September. Maybe missed 5 or 6 matches which isn't ideal but far from a disaster. 

Not sure if Sonny Stores in BS3 has had a mention on here yet, but ate there a few weeks back and it was brilliant. Hard to get a table at the moment mind!

1 minute ago, Murraysrightplum said:

How long before someone comes in for Semenyo  

 

I imagine there might be a wee scramble for him this Summer. Just a hunch like 

Just now, Red Army 75 said:

Yep we chuck a throw into the box because of our height but **** about with a corner 

Really boiled my p**s after just 7 mins that did

Just now, Dynamite Red said:

Shock horror losing to another parachute funded top 3 team, awaiting the typical OTIB meltdown. 

What like Forest when we were 1-0 up with 5 mins to go? Are they a top 3 parachute club? 

Anyone’s sound on Robins TV absolutely gash? 

15 hours ago, JBFC II said:

Yep, that was a solid run. But having watched AVU in Nottingham a few weeks earlier, she’s nothing more than a solid player, especially for a no.1 seed (as she was in Chicago). Emma was delivering a few solid results post Wimbledon, but nothing suggested she’d find qualifying easy (especially considering she was only 31st seed) never mind do what she did in the main draw.

Her progress in the slams has been astonishing, she now needs to back that up on the WTA circuit. A good run in Miami (provided she takes a wildcard) will only help cement her momentum, and who knows, could even result in a shot at the tour finals, which is still very much a possibility 

You not think she’ll get offered a wildcard for Indian Wells? Perhaps it’s too tight a turnaround with the timing though. I imagine she’ll want to get back to the UK to see family and friends before focusing on the next steps for the tour. If she did play IW and got to the last 4 or final that could be enough to get a place at the WTA finals, but that’s probably a huge long shot.
 

Otherwise I guess she’ll want to play in a few tournaments over November/December to build up some momentum for the Australian open. 

7 hours ago, JBFC II said:

She lost to dart in the first round of Nottingham, which is a main tour event. 

But, when you look at her results in the US swing in the build up to the US Open, the run she had is even more ridiculous. Played a few lesser tournaments, and didn't exactly pull up any trees. 

Going to be very interesting to see if she plays Miami (where she could be a seed) and also how the rest of her year goes and whether she's able to get a couple of decent runs at wta level

She did get to the final of the Chicago 125 challenger just before US open qualifying rounds beating Van Uytvanck (World no 61), Burel and Claire Liu (both top 100) before losing the final to Tauson. I’d say considering that she’d only been playing on hard courts on tour for only a few weeks, that’s some very decent progress considering she went into those matches ranked at around 175. 

3 hours ago, ChippenhamRed said:

Raducanu’s achievement definitely has the edge. She hasn’t even played a WTA tour match yet!

She actually reached the final in the WTA Chicago tournament a week or so before her US Open qualifying began. Lost to Clara Tauson! 

I don't understand how experienced players like King and James completely lost all control of the middle of the pitch for those last 20 mins, and didn't show any leadership capability at all in terms of getting the lads to calm our heads, find feet with our passing. Most of that 2nd half was scrappy as hell and we should be showing basic Championship know how of seeing that game out, especially with the experience still in our team. 

Resorting to scruffy long punts up the pitch again, no direction in our play. What have they learnt in pre-season or do these players just not know how to learn and improve as a collective outfit? I'm gonna question Pearson's subs here too as watching Martin flogged dry was painful, and we were crying out for Wells from around 60-70 mins. Also not sure why our back line was so high at times when it has the collective pace of a pissed up party of slugs. 

That feels like a loss given how late that was, but everyone could see that it was coming from that last 10-15. We just cannot keep the ball, string 4-5 passes together and take the sting out the game.