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Good thing he still has that police job in Dortmund to fall back on.

If advanced German tactics involve telling one of Europe's best strikers to sit around in the centre of the pitch and hardly fuckin' move, then I single handedly blame the Bundesliga for how bad England was in this tournament and we must send the SAS to rescue him from this farmers league

But if Klopp or Poch are not interested, and we're not going to offer Glasner a contract the size of Lineker's BBC one, there's one man we shouldn't overlook.

Nah fair points for the final. But if we're talking whole tournament I think Pickford has to be in contention. Despite the above he made a couple of good stops as well in the final too. I had him in to begin with then remembered how impressed I was with Mamardashvili. Perhaps a more sentimental pick. Unai Simon also was in temporarily.

I mean to be fair the last penalty he took with more than 70 minutes gone is on the star ship enterprise

I reckon Arnold has smooth tanned feet.

Disgraceful how Rodri shouted "Gibraltar is Spain" during their celebations. He is no longer welcome in England and should be sent back to his home country and sold to Barcelona. Disgusting behaviour if you ask me . @Happy Blue

@Tommy Iceland are ridiculous over achieves at womens football

Walker Trippier Dunk Kane shouldn't be dropped. Just need a manager that plays him in the right way - prolific in the box so use him there.

He's used to advanced German tactics now, so he couldn't comprehend these simple English tactics anymore.

I mean to be fair does go around sniffing womens feet probably shouldn't take to much of what he says seriously

Moving on from one of the best strikers in the world would be insane. He clearly wasn't fully fit at these EURO and shouldn't be judged by that.

Walker's recovery is good because of his pace, doesn't necessarily mean he's a good defender. He was abysmal in that final. Arnold wouldn't be allowed back into the country if he'd put a performance like that in

I hold you personally responsible.

Helga?

Sorry mate, Klopp is taking the USA job.

I hope they at least speak to Klopp and Poch before they go English or promote Carsley. Given how many years they're worked in England, I don't think there would be the same disconnect we had with Capello and (to a lesser extent) Sven.

Binge movie night last night until the early hours... Conspiracy Theory (1997) - Mel Gibson, Julie Roberts - 7/10 - I pissed myself laughing when Gibson who was strapped to a chair and his eyes taped over went down a flight of stairs. (****Spoiler) Enemy of the State (1998) - Gene Hackman, Will Smith - 8/10 Gladiator (2000) - Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix - 9/10 Hang em High (1968) - Clint Eastwood - 8.5/10 ****Spoiler - Conspiracy Theory

I dunno if I've become too driven by the overall winners but I find myself putting a minimum of 8 Spaniards in there. I think there were quite clearly the best.

If trophies aren't a measure of success then I'm in the wrong game. If England want to be considered a top team, who have made genuine progress, then they need to be measured by the metrics the top teams are. One trophy in our history is shit. Roberto Martinez gets absolute barrels for what he did (well didn't do) at Belgium - a historically mediocre team due to them having a very gifted generation of players coming through at the time. I'd argue he had it fairly harsh in some ways. Why do England not get held to these standards? We have a similar situation and frankly, are a bigger country, it's a bigger deal here. Why do Belgium get panned, but England don't?

Southgate has been able to bring good vibes and a sense of purpose to players who had lost their way, and made the England team more likeable to the public. He led the international team to the best results most current players had experienced in the England team when they got to the World Cup semi finals and that run instilled in them a sense of momentum, an upward trajectory, and the experience of actually doing quite well in a tournament. This all didn't exist under previous managers. Southgate has taken England from an international side which had among the best selection of individual talent but were prone to getting knocked out by an "inferior" opponent and had absolutely no hope of beating anyone of actual quality, to an international side which has among the best selection of individual talent that can now be relied upon not to get knocked out by an "inferior" opponent and has next to no hope of beating anyone of actual quality. It's a success overall but it isn't a resounding success. The first World Cup was really good and so were some of the Nations League performances soon after. Since, England have made two Euro finals on account of having kind runs and their new-found ability to avoid losing to teams they should really be beating. You could actually argue that about the World Cup 2018 performance as well. World Cup 2022 they were actually more convincing in the early fixtures but still got knocked out as soon as they met a proper heavyweight. The only "elite" nations England have beaten in a major tournament under Southgate are Germany (with home advantage) and Netherlands in this tournament who some people would argue are just short of being classed as elite. I don't want to slate Southgate's tenure overall but I do think this is the natural time to move on. England might have just reached a Final but the performances look to be in a state of decline. He's done a good job to a point but I don't think he's a good enough manager to take the team any further. Both of those judgements can be true at the same time. At the end of the day, if you look at the players he has access to relative to his competition on the international stage, getting to the last four of most tournaments he's managed is meeting expectations rather than exceeding them and it's taken some luck to achieve that. Enough time has passed now that being better than what Capello and Hodgson served up in their frankly awful tenures as England manager should no longer be treated as the bar an England manager needs to clear. If you look around, there aren't many, if any, teams that can claim to be able to field a better international squad than England so you have to have some ambition and look to see who else is out there to help them make that final step. You never know when you'll get a dud generation of players and be out of contention for a decade.

A part of me still thinks this was staged. Trump obviously discounted the lives of security and staffers during the insurrection so why wouldn't he do the same now? It would not surprise me if it came out that there were some far-right motives behind this. Edit to add that the unfortunate father that lost his life at the rally is being touted as a hero. I'm sure his family will double-down for Trump, which would be the exact reaction that lunatic would want.

I've been reading how this shooter wasn't allowed into the rifling club at his high school because he was such a bad shot or something. My takeaway here is, what the fuck is a country that has rifling ranges in high schools? Fucking insane.

Iceland have been competitive in womens football over the years. I think they gave Germany a few problems in qualifying before haven't they? I feel a bit sorry for England women. They could qualify next week but it has been completely overshadowed by the mens euros. The attendances are down a bit for England ladies. I couldn't get a ticket a few years ago when they played usa but they are still getting 25000 plus regularly.

Fortuna Düsseldorf Home & Away

Are you really going to try to teach a German what is banned in Germany as Nazi symbolism and what isn't? -In other words what you wrote here is absolute nonsense. You never came to the idea an opinion you hold without really knowing the background should perhaps being kept for yourself since it might have no connection to reality. May I guess you don't know, who "SA" were, indeed? Then you shouldn't have tried to teach me my country's history and legal situiation? Never to late to learn just google "Sturmabteilung".

Walker in the UEFA team

Me & Helga