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Thought Mazraoui had a fantastic debut to be fair. De Ligt got about 10 minutes so it was hard to judge but Maz was fantastic.

He will fit right in then. I'm looking forward to seeing how both players adapt to the Premier league.

Could be thrown straight in on Friday. @Viva la FCB am I right in saying he can operate on both sides of the pitch?

Time to ship him and find a replacement.

Into the transfer market they will go. Wonder who they will go for as I'd imagine they'd have accounted for Bobb covering the loss of Alvarez.

What a goalkeeping display that was.

Sorry, I read it wrong. Yeah, I thought you said I can't believe it.

That miss was absolutely insane, it will live with him forever. Great save but Sesko has to score that.

Explain how he's played 4 games then. His last manager lost his job for making the big call to drop him.

He knows his career ie coming to an end. Its not just the penalty its his inability to get on the end of crosses. Its one thing scoring in Saudi, this level is so different. He won't take him off though, I'm convinced Martinez is instructed to not take him off.

It was a penalty, his leg took him down without contact with the ball. Doesn't matter now.

Knew he was going to miss it. Crazy this, why won't Martinez give anyone else a go.

You have to question this situation, Ronaldo has played every game so far. I don't think Martinez has got control of this side anymore. He's got younger more mobile strikers available. If he was scoring goals fair enough but he's not even scoring goals.

To be fair I think you may have read my post and assumed I'm being arsy when I wasnt . It was simply a response to two of your posts that were in response to mine, the first you said give the lad time due to his age and then the second was a reference to his fee and him not setting it. Maybe you wasn't saying I shouldn't have an opinion but both responses suggested I have to factor them into my thinking. I stand by opinion of having doubts on him, I also agree he needs to be given time. I've had doubts about young players before and they've proven me wrong so hopefully that's the case with Hojlund.

Are you asking me to not have my own opinion on a player? Like yourself I've watched football long enough to be able to make my own judgement. I'd like more for my money regardless of the fee. I don't think he's ever going to be a 20 to 30 goal a season striker. That's what we need.

The post you quoted, it said he's always got time to prove me wrong. I wrote that, so I'm giving him time to prove me wrong. Not seeing a striker that's going to be anything amazing though. He doesn't look like he has any composure. Top strikers have that straight from the youth team. Would you have said he's 70 million pounds of player from what you've seen?

He's not a natural finisher and his all round play isn't that great. He's always got a chance to prove me wrong but I'm not seeing a striker I feel will hugely improve. The problem like Antony is his fee defines the opinion. He's not a 70 million pound player, if we'd signed him for 20 to 30 million I'd be inclined to give him more time.

Game set and match. Denmark suffering the same problem my team, a striker who is a bang average finisher. He's no a top level striker Hojlund, he's wasted so many of Denmarks best chances.

Doubt this will get back going, looks shocking.

He needs a convincing win doesn't he. The country would then go into fever pitch due to the draw we've luckily fell in. At this moment people seem reluctant to accept we've got an absolutely brilliant chance to make it to the final. There are a number of things he could do to improve it. Bellingham next to Rice is one of the best ideas and most obvious to everyone. I think the Foden situation could give him the perfect excuse to leave Foden out now. If that's the case I think he goes Palmer on the right and Saka on the left. He loves Saka, I don't see him dropping him.

Switzerland should go into this confident but just like against Croatia, you just can't bet against the Italians. They seem to pull it out of the bag so often. If you gave me a choice between the two for England, it would be Switzerland every time. We need to up our game massively but I'd still have serious doubts if we played Italy. Fingers crossed Switzerland win.

I fully understanding what you are saying but I think it's very clear at 18 years of age Mainoo is going to be a world class talent. Eze and Bowen aren't going to anywhere near world class. Top players I will give you but nothing more than squad players internationally. That's my opinion, I think players with the ability of Mainoo should be in the starting eleven. He can take the ball in area of the field and look comfortable.

Saturday 29th June, 2024 Switzerland 1 vs 2 Italy, 17.00 Germany 3 vs 1 Denmark, 20.00 Sunday 30th June, 2024 England 2 vs 0 Slovakia, 17.00 Spain 3 vs 0 Georgia, 20.00 Monday 1st July, 2024 France 1 vs 1 Belgium, 17.00 Portugal 3 vs 0 Slovenia, 20.00 Tuesday 2nd July, 2024 Romania 1 vs 0 Netherlands, 17.00 Austria 2 vs 1 Turkey, 20.00

Stop being so touchy it's an opinion. Mainoo is going to go and be a world star its clear as day. Eze and Bowen are excellent pros, but in my opinion Bowen especially isn't top level. I don't think he will make it to a Champions league club. Eze on the other hand has really impressed me when I've seen him play, he will likely get a move. League positions are irrelevant in the conversation.

The whole set up of the qualification from these groups needs reviewing. Last Euros it felt harder to go out than qualify for the next round and its the same again this time round. Teams have qualified from winning the first match, it's a bloody shambles.