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#945

Paul Tisdale, who was Ampadu’s coach at Exeter said on radio 5 live last night that he personally rung up England to tell them about how good the player was, but they told Tisdale they have 12 young players who are better and that Ampadu isn’t good enough for England because he took “too few touches”. I find it astonishing that taking too few touches can be seen as a criticism.

Genuinely think Ampadu, if he carries on as he is, is the type of player England could do with. Of course, he may not have wanted to play for England anyway, but it’s still a baffling reason to not try and convince him. “Nah mate, you’re too good at your job, we prefer time wasters.”

#946

That’s a bit vague, he “rang up England”. Who did he speak to exactly?

#947

He didn’t give names, he just said he spoke to “very relevant people”.

#948

I reckon he’s embellishing a bit.

#949
#950

All downhill from here.

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#951

Bit of a tug of war going on between England and Ireland for Declan Rice. He’s not in the Ireland squad and Sky Sports are reporting that he has chosen England, but MON says he hasn’t yet made his mind up

I know he has played for Ireland at youth level but he was born in England to English parents, so…

#952

…he’s just like loads of our other players. :smiley:

#953

Deserved for what he did at the WC. Still don’t think he isn’t the right manager for England though.

#954

When you look at England’s summer objectively, Southgate hasn’t done enough to warrant any contract that goes beyond Euro 2018.

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#955

It’s good for stability though.
England team didn’t lack togetherness under him.

Sometimes that is worth persisting with an average manager.

#956

He’s still not the guy to take them forward, even though the talent has been a lot better in the past he’s simply not impressive as a tactician. One of his go to subs is taking off Henderson for bloody Dier.

Practically every time England faces a team on par or better they are well beaten, it will continue to be the trend under him.

It was a very good run at the WC but there were more than a few caveats especially the draw, additionally the fact the majority of the goals came from set pieces is very telling.

Dele Ali should not be a mainstay in that team and there just isn’t enough nous and ability in the midfield.

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#957

It’s a tough one. I agree that theoretically we could get someone better, but the idea that we can get someone better has existed for years and that’s never gone well. He’s a likeable chap, the squad and nation are broadly behind him, and even with all the caveats in the world taken into account, we still had a better tournament than I’ve seen since I was a wee nipper. We’ve had more favourable draws than that in the past and gone out to teams like bloody Iceland, only just about beaten Trinidad and Tobago cos Crouchie tugged at some guys braids lol.

So I’m at least happy to at least give him the next tournament, he’s earned that much imo.

#958

#WengerIn

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#959

He’s probably done enough to warrant a pay rise but not an extension.

He’s alright but I think once the “breath of fresh air” factor is over he’ll probably end up being a disaster.

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#960

He does well with building comraderie, a good atmosphere and relationship with the press.

Outside of that he isn’t a good enough coach IMO and we’ll see the same press that built him up tear him down.

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#961

I hear the England fans are at it again in Spain. :xhaka:

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#962

GIBRALTAR IS OURS !!! :jakey::uk:

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#963

Thank fuck Scotland won’t be soon tho, eh? :giroud:

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#964