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    Eli Junior Kroupi

    The quality of football across the board has dropped. There are fewer flair players around, less improvisation and more mechanised play. There is more focus now on g/a and subtle play play is much less appreciated than it was.
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    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    There is a video on SM that shows all the challenges that Egypt made that didn't result in even a foul let alone a card so it literally does go both ways. You probably haven't seen that video and so your narrative already set, but if had watched that video and nothing else you would think that...
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    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    100% the bigger and better sides typically get the decisions moreso than the smaller teams/nations. Personally I don't think he should have been sent off so the decision was correct. Balaogun also shouldn't have been sent off for the same thing, it's not an intentional challenge so how you...
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    World Cup 2026: Mexico, USA and Canada

    You think the officiating is against England or pro others because you're English. Objectively everyone has had some decisions go their way and some against. England are no more victims then anyone else. Look at the last England match, Norway came away from that feeling very aggrieved, but I...
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    Eli Junior Kroupi

    He is We need to move on from this obsession with Kane. He is 32, 33 in 2 weeks. We actually need someone for the future not a 35 year old Kane he will be at the start of the 27/28 season. Which will just mean we need to look for a new striker again, let’s actually just do that now so we can...
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    ITK Thread

    It's possibly bs but a new coach comes in and has great words to say about some of the younger players is hardly an unusual or unfamiliar tactic.
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    ITK Thread

    Roberto De Zerbi would be my name if I were a coach clearly. 😅 Probably BS but we will see.
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    The Centre Forward thread

    Versatile, not exactly a striker. More of a forward who can score. He can and does play LW, CF, AM and even RW. I don't think he'd ever score more than 15 in the league, but he'd contribute a lot and get a load of assists and key passes. 🤔
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    Eli Junior Kroupi

    That's ordinarily true but we have crap strikers anyway. Giving a prospect a chance doesn't actually affect the quality of what the attack is offering.
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    Mauricio Pochettino

    I think a bigger problem that is glossed over is they just don't have the culture of going outside and just playing with the ball. That's how we drill technique. The coaching and academy side of things is overstated, the player's core skills already exist before they join an academy. That is...
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    Eli Junior Kroupi

    For me this deal is a little too expensive for the body of work he's produced. We'd essentially be spending a proven quality fee on someone who has had just the one season. I'd feel a little uncomfortable with that. It might well be the chance to get a future great but it's such a gamble, I'm...
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    Mauricio Pochettino

    Those are ok players, Belgium actually have some very good players. Then the rest of the US team is championship quality. The gulf large my friend, very large. You know they played each other earlier this year and the US lost 5-2 at home. You've got wrapped up and carried away both with the...
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    Djed Spence

    If that was actually the case what about the Norway goal that was disallowed for a push by Haaland but no penalty given to Norway for the push on their on a later corner? It's swings and roundabouts, some times in your favour and sometimes not.
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    Djed Spence

    He's a better defender than Porro, so it depends if you want your RB to be better in the offers I've side of the game or defensive side of things. I personally prefer a defensively sound RB who can attack.
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    Mauricio Pochettino

    Belgium don't edge it in terms of talent, they are levels above them, multiple levels. Please actually look at the two staring 11s and their squads, that is not a serious take. The US could be as dialed in and filled with as much confidence as they want. It would have taken Belgium to perform...
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    Mauricio Pochettino

    Belgium would have had to have an off day (and yes they are very capable of that) for the US to win. Their squads and starting 11s are not comparable at all. The only reason we think poorly of Belgium is because their performance levels rarely match the ability we all know them to have. That...
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    Eli Junior Kroupi

    I'm not even talking book profit, I'm saying getting literal cash flow for the player. We can get that for Solanke next summer, we have to sell Richy right now if we want the same for him.
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    Eli Junior Kroupi

    Richy is now in his last year. If we don't sell him this summer or order him an extension (GHod no) then we lose him for no fee. The only sensible approach to take is to sell him this summer for whatever we can get.
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    Who would you want as the new Director of Football?

    That would be a misuse of Edward's best abilities. A CEO's role is to run the business, whereas the appeal of Edward's are his connections, his understanding and use of data and his Intrinsic understanding of squad needs and composition. That's not really the remit of CEO and you would bog him...
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    Conor Gallagher

    We won less your preferred midfield than we did with the likes of Waddle, Ginola and Lennon.
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