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The comments about Southgate keeping his job regardless of what happens this summer is somewhat concerning.

Dermot Drummys passed away. He was only 56! 

Condolences with his family. That's no age for anybody to go.

For those that don't know, Dermot did a lot of work with the Chelsea academy. He very nearly got the Crystal Palace Managers job on two separate occasions because of how he impressed in interviews and his reputation around young players. He recently had a managerial stint at freefalling Crawley Town.

Justin Kluivert scored a hat trick over the weekend. Is he going to be real deal or the second coming of Roland Bergkamp?

Anybody watch it this weekend? With some of the recent title changes they look like they're getting it together again.

NXT Takeover was brilliant. The War Games lived up to its hype and the Velveteen Dream literally put himself on everybodys radar. Im not sure about the new champion mind as it creates a big imbalance between heels and faces.

Survivor Series was a good show I thought with matches the right length and enough action to stay entertained. Then they turned the main event in to a Triple H and friends reunion and completely buried the new talent which hurt the overall quality of the show.

Away from WWE: Ring of Honor is still going great with Global Wars being a success and Lucha Underground has finally got another series sanctioned. Impact Wrestling on the other hand the less said the better.

I was going to go off on one about how special he was once as a footballer, how he gave me the same buzz as Messi did the first time I saw them play, how he was destined for greatness and what a waste of a talent he became but I didn't realise it was in relation to gang rape. The only person I can't stop thinking about now is the victim. What a horrid human being he has become.

1 hour ago, Danny said:

Can we stop calling Loftus-Cheek "RLC"? His surname has three syllables for fuck sake, Oxlade-Chamberlain I understand...are we going to watch the EPL and the Champions CFC face off against the title challengers MCFC?

Nearly as annoying as our media people calling him a 'Cheeky Signing.

3 hours ago, Cicero said:

Funny how as soon as he moves to Liverpool, the wanking initiated...

It was more after getting player of the tournament in the summer. Most people were saying at the time it wasn't the correct move for him.

Why has Gareth Southgate suddenly become a man in his interviews? I love it.

Steve Davis sacked from Orient.

It wasn't that long ago he was being linked with Championship jobs.

How does it get to a point where anybody owes someone three hundred and twenty three million pounds? 

Natwest would frown at me if I owe twenty three pounds.

On 11/11/2017 at 0:18 AM, Danny said:

Don't take this as a direct comparison because it's not, but in terms of Loftus-Cheek's style and body shape watching him play is reminiscent of watching Zidane play. Tall player, fairly strong for someone so skillful, great footwork, keeps the ball close to him and doesn't rely on his pace to catch up with it. Probably a lot more accurate to say he could be the next Yoann Gourcuff than Zinedine Zidane 

To think he's lost four years of development because of the competitive nature of the premier league is quite frankly embarrassing. If only The FA had control over all English Domestic Leagues so there were no conflict of interests.

2 hours ago, Cannabis said:

Solanke is the media's wankfest, that's why.

Nothing to do with them monitoring both players from a very young age and coming to the conclusion that Solanke is a better footballer. 

2 hours ago, Storts said:

Of course he is - he’s the manager of England and if you really think Winks on his second call up or Kane who is our talisman are really going to pull out unless theyre actually injured then you’re a few sandwiches short of a picnic. 

As i previously said they could all be injured for all I know. I just find it unbelievable that we've got so many English players that are conveniently not fit to play on the weekend when they're club side are not playing. It's not like we haven't got a history of the same thing happening previously.

Id like to believe you seriously don't think Gareth Southgate has the cojones to question his better players mentality public when our talent pool is so limited. The only chance that parsnip has of being a success is keeping the whole dressing room on side. 

2 minutes ago, Storts said:

Southgate - “Harry Kane … I knew he was in trouble because he stayed down,” said Southgate. “Harry Kane doesn’t stay down, so I knew we had a potential problem. Both he and Harry Winks were scanned. Our medical department reviewed those scans, and no way would they have been available for our games. Spurs might risk them against Arsenal … I’m hearing club versus country, but that’s nonsense. The players are injured and cannot play. With some of the players it’s 100% clear from a scan."

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/09/ruben-loftus-cheek-start-england-friendly-germany-wembley

 

 

They may all be injured for all we know but quoting Gareth Southgate is hardly going to increase your point. He's not exactly going to criticise his one world class player and all the other likely starters that pulled out is he?

18 hours ago, RandoEFC said:

Everton had Mbappe one season into my career on this FIFA so depends if that goes down as an improvement .

Are transfers like that happening more frequent? Used to annoy me when an average side would sign between 0-1 players a window. 

16 hours ago, Danny said:

Told my girlfriend I've played FIFA since 1994, she couldn't believe how long it's been out.

It is mental when you look at it like th

My first was the one with Jason MacAteer on the front. So addictive even back then.

10 hours ago, Cannabis said:

World Cup '98 was my first. Loved that game so much.

The version with the Chumbawumba song? or the version where you could play domestic fixtures and international games at the same time?

42 minutes ago, Cicero said:

Robbie from AFTV must go into every game win/win. Arsenal win, or his bank account gets larger. 

Legend has it he paid off the linesman last week to increase his viewing figures.

7 hours ago, Danny said:

No but Cork isn't that bad an option, a good passer of the ball. I'd rather him than Livermore.

I don't think there's much in it between either player. In comparison over the last couple of seasons Cork would win on consistency whilst Livermore would win on 'flashes of quality'. I think Wilshire would have a right to feel aggrieved to lose out to both of them mind you but then again it may keep him more focused long term to prove a point.

7 hours ago, Storts said:

Hardly heroic, but yes let's hope they do. Especially for a fixture that actually means something 

These friendlies aren't exactly pointless. There's not many fixtures left until next summer's tournament and given how uninspiring and disjointed we've looked as a team youd think these players would appreciate every opportunity to play with each other. Even more so given we are going up against two very good footballing nations and one of them being from South America who take friendlies more seriously than European countries.

4 hours ago, Danny said:

Cork actually plays as a centre mid in the Prem whereas Ox has mostly played RWB and Wilshere played in the Europa 

So you would have Dale Stephens ahead of both of them too?

5 hours ago, Storts said:

Alli was injured at the weekend and didn't play. Winks and Kane were hacked down by Palace, and the former went off injured at half time. The latter had been injured the week before and took another knock and struggled through the game. Lets not pretend that this is anything that it's not. They have knocks, what's the point in trying to force them to play pointless friendlies.

Fingers crossed they make a heroic return in time for the fixture against Arsenal.

4 hours ago, Kitchen Sales said:

At this rate I might get a game.

Whilst I was happy with the original team selection I'm not sure why Cork and Livermore have been called ahead of Wilshire and Ox. Southgate wouldnt lose any face by picking Wilshire and having a future private chat with him about future game time.

Just setting up my Christmas list. Has the transfer window improved on this game? The fact youd play Man United in five years time and they still had the same starting lienup used to really annoy me.

On 07/11/2017 at 13:33, Stan said:

convenient that Kane and Winks miss out just before a big game against Arsenal  

Also, Vardy?

His hip problem last time.

It's a shame we've got such a small pool of talent so we can't get rid of players not concerned with playing.

I'd like to know how many of these 'injuries' are going to be for two weeks. We're producing another generation of shy aways.

When Raheem Sterling did it at the start of last season that should have been Southgates moment to make an example of someone. Now this horrible precedent has been set and we've seen the likes of Vardy and Alli follow suit.