Summer window

Replacing a creative midfielder with an ultra defensive midfielder though. Unless Pep’s planning on switching to 3 at the back permanently in which they use 2 holders.

 

Nothing really new

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/s...tVTmVtrtgHlbp2dCISif5wQ4xqgwQyYyv9UYwb9T-l_MI

 

Possibly. He’ll no doubt have a plan and I fully expect them to win stuff again next season.

 

I am with you not a fan of Southgate's tactics so far but as i find him a bit too defensive and does not know when to switch it up and go all out attack.

 

Suppose we can’t have developments every day.

3 signings before July 1st is canny enough!

 

I-would rather have the latter

 

Kane will probably pick up an injury. How old is he? Do we have a replacement?

 

We do not.

Obviously Watkins has been superb since Emery got hold of him, Tammy can be developed needs to be back in PL.

We’ve nobody close to the calibre of Kane on the rise though.

 

Rashford through the middle with Grealish and Saka either side for me

 

Admittedly I don’t really follow the Prem but Foden and Phillips seem to be going backwards to me.

I still don’t get the crack re Guardiloa being the messiah. All I ever see is that he has teams and resources at his disposal (at Barca, at Bayern and at City) way beyond those available to the rest of the competition. I just find it hard to gauge his achievements with that in mind.

Again, I caveat that loosely held opinion by acknowledging, as someone who is hugely disillusioned by it all, that I don’t follow the Prem very closely anymore so there’s every chance I’m just being ignorant.

 

I don’t think you are mate, I think he’s a total fraud

 

Yeah on paper looks good just Rashford goes through such wild ups and downs, whereby Kane is a machine.

Hopefully we have a proper number 9 in an academy somewhere about to blow up.

 

Fixed that for you. Totally agree.

 

I'm not sure we're better than France. Spain will have something to say about it too, and Italy always seem to find a way.

Agreed on Southgate though, don't rate him at all. He's been lucky to have one of the best squads of players in England's history, but still lost every game against semi decent opposition.

 

France have been the team to catch Europe wide for a while, I genuinely think we are there now.

They are quality, but I think in midfield we are better than them.

Defence quite equal, attack same. Yeah Mbappe is a more wow player, but he doesn’t outscore Kane ‘like for like’

 

Phillips is cack I don’t know why anyone expected him to go to City and play. Foden is still only 23 and has scored about 50 goals in the last 3 seasons as a bit part player I wouldn’t say he’s going backwards he’s just competing for a place in the best team in the world. He would probably walk into another other PL team.

 

That kick off time is absolutely lifting.

 

The very worst Never mind.

 

Tough one mate. Hope it all goes well.