The Bard

The squad is more or less identical to the under 19s that won the euros. There's an under 20s world cup in May. Next season go to under 21s. It's obvious really

At least we have Netflix etc now. It was unavoidable in 1997.

Because it's highly informative stuff.

Schools football not run by FA. Organised entirely by schools

I was pushing my club to turn the league games into friendlies but apparently that wouldn't have washed.

FA said no matches. No mention that you couldn't have training sessions...

Politically, this could have legs. Europe, Africa and Asia so would have a lot of support. Probably not Turkey though.. Nowhere near the distances in the 2026 world cup though.

GSTK..

What a game that was. Not high quality but I'm emotionally drained. Never thought I'd be so excited by watching a loose head prop play rugby.

I was making a wider point which is basically about the out of touch nature of people controlling this entire 'process '. And I don't mean the Royal family.

we all understand its significance. What some think is that the evidently heavily over planned arrangements will actually be counter productive and cause antagonism when they should be viewed by decision makers as a way for normal people to pay their respects. It is 2022, not 1901.

Show some dignity and ignore them

Joe Bryan was called up at a similar age by Scotland but refused didn't he?

Sounds like a punishment.... Surely England pick him and he makes a choice??

You're joking aren't you? He's just a gob shite, adept at screaming at players on the touchline to be better. It might work with lower league players given their opportunity at Championship level but doesn't with Championship let alone Premier League players. Can you see the likes of Dunk, Webster, Lallana, Welbeck taking him seriously?

Have to say I thought Gomez was much worse. They looked really leggy to me. Going to struggle this season (relatively)

3 VARs !

IMO the issue isn't training or anything like that, it's a lack of openness. Rugby season starts next week and if you watch a game you will hear the ongoing discussion between TMO and ref. They work together. Once a referee has watched back a few of his decisions, he will become far more self-aware, a lot more so than if this is done privately. At the same time, the more sane and reasonable of the football community will begin to have a lot more empathy for the referees and understanding of their decisions. The likes of Wayne Barnes are regular contributors to coverage of rugby whilst still being an active referee. Football treats refs like something that needs to be washed off their shoes. That nonsensical 4 minutes to award an offside against Brighton would've lasted 30 seconds if the footballing equivalent of Wayne Barnes was allowed to be in charge. " He's clearly in an offside position, and he remains active so it's offside". That took 4 and a half minutes, most of which involved TV viewers seeing the same images over and over again whilst the VAR people tried to draw lines on the screen. He was a yard offside FFS. I would have a system whereby the ref's mike is off during the game until there is an intervention from VAR. The whole conversation between ref & VAR person would then be broadcast.

Moaned about a lack of loans and then the game had 4 goals, 3 of which were scored by loanees. Bloke's a cretin

I'd be staggered if Potter left Brighton for Leicester.

Johnson played for Wales in their Wc qualifying play off

Wasn't good on Tuesday??? You weren't watching the same game as me?

He'll stay here. Unless there is some unwanted ownership interference that will make him think 'why am I bothering?' However, you would hope that the work done so far means that will not happen. That leads me to think, if we stay in contention at the top of the table, surely the sale of the club becomes likely. It would be typical for the Lansdowns to sell to someone who then undermines Nige and he jumps ship.

Couldn't agree more. Definitely the best partnership in midfield for me with Scott. Midfielders need to be intelligent first and foremost.

Yep and he was excellent v Huddersfield too. Clearly him and Scott are our best partnership in midfield. By some way.