Ghost of Clough

Apparently all our targets are going to Stockport 🙄

Yes, I too am devastated that we haven’t signed a player deemed not good enough for Blackpool

Foden is much better in the middle or on the right than he is on the left, even though he does have a free role for Man City. With a defesive LB (Trippier), the left winger needs to be someone with a bit of pace to break past the defensive line. For me, it has to be Eze at this moment in time. 
 
Overall the balance wasn't quite there - left wing, fullbacks not offering enough offensively, and midfield all seemed a bit off (despite Rice and Bellingham having good games).
I'm not sold on TAA in midfield. Wharton is the player I think we need in there, so we aren't so reliant on Rice mopping up everything in the middle. It'll also free Rice up to drive forward like he does for Arsenal, knowing he has a reliable midfield partner behind him. However, his inexperience at international level, and even above Championship level is defeinitely a factor.
Bellingham, Saka and Kane need to be managed carefully. They've had physically tough/long seasons so I think they need to have reduced minutes over the next 2 group games to ensure we get the most out of them in the knockouts.

Foden is much better in the middle or on the right than he is on the left, even though he does have a free role for Man City. With a defesive LB (Trippier), the left winger needs to be someone with a bit of pace to break past the defensive line. For me, it has to be Eze at this moment in time. 
 
Overall the balance wasn't quite there - left wing, fullbacks not offering enough offensively, and midfield all seemed a bit off (despite Rice and Bellingham having good games).
I'm not sold on TAA in midfield. Wharton is the player I think we need in there, so we aren't so reliant on Rice mopping up everything in the middle. It'll also free Rice up to drive forward like he does for Arsenal, knowing he has a reliable midfield partner behind him. However, his inexperience at international level, and even above Championship level is defeinitely a factor.
Bellingham, Saka and Kane need to be managed carefully. They've had physically tough/long seasons so I think they need to have reduced minutes over the next 2 group games to ensure we get the most out of them in the knockouts.

Foden is much better in the middle or on the right than he is on the left, even though he does have a free role for Man City. With a defesive LB (Trippier), the left winger needs to be someone with a bit of pace to break past the defensive line. For me, it has to be Eze at this moment in time. 
 
Overall the balance wasn't quite there - left wing, fullbacks not offering enough offensively, and midfield all seemed a bit off (despite Rice and Bellingham having good games).
I'm not sold on TAA in midfield. Wharton is the player I think we need in there, so we aren't so reliant on Rice mopping up everything in the middle. It'll also free Rice up to drive forward like he does for Arsenal, knowing he has a reliable midfield partner behind him. However, his inexperience at international level, and even above Championship level is defeinitely a factor.
Bellingham, Saka and Kane need to be managed carefully. They've had physically tough/long seasons so I think they need to have reduced minutes over the next 2 group games to ensure we get the most out of them in the knockouts.

Foden is much better in the middle or on the right than he is on the left, even though he does have a free role for Man City. With a defesive LB (Trippier), the left winger needs to be someone with a bit of pace to break past the defensive line. For me, it has to be Eze at this moment in time. 
 
Overall the balance wasn't quite there - left wing, fullbacks not offering enough offensively, and midfield all seemed a bit off (despite Rice and Bellingham having good games).
I'm not sold on TAA in midfield. Wharton is the player I think we need in there, so we aren't so reliant on Rice mopping up everything in the middle. It'll also free Rice up to drive forward like he does for Arsenal, knowing he has a reliable midfield partner behind him. However, his inexperience at international level, and even above Championship level is defeinitely a factor.
Bellingham, Saka and Kane need to be managed carefully. They've had physically tough/long seasons so I think they need to have reduced minutes over the next 2 group games to ensure we get the most out of them in the knockouts.

Foden is much better in the middle or on the right than he is on the left, even though he does have a free role for Man City. With a defesive LB (Trippier), the left winger needs to be someone with a bit of pace to break past the defensive line. For me, it has to be Eze at this moment in time. 
 
Overall the balance wasn't quite there - left wing, fullbacks not offering enough offensively, and midfield all seemed a bit off (despite Rice and Bellingham having good games).
I'm not sold on TAA in midfield. Wharton is the player I think we need in there, so we aren't so reliant on Rice mopping up everything in the middle. It'll also free Rice up to drive forward like he does for Arsenal, knowing he has a reliable midfield partner behind him. However, his inexperience at international level, and even above Championship level is defeinitely a factor.
Bellingham, Saka and Kane need to be managed carefully. They've had physically tough/long seasons so I think they need to have reduced minutes over the next 2 group games to ensure we get the most out of them in the knockouts.

Foden is much better in the middle or on the right than he is on the left, even though he does have a free role for Man City. With a defesive LB (Trippier), the left winger needs to be someone with a bit of pace to break past the defensive line. For me, it has to be Eze at this moment in time. 
 
Overall the balance wasn't quite there - left wing, fullbacks not offering enough offensively, and midfield all seemed a bit off (despite Rice and Bellingham having good games).
I'm not sold on TAA in midfield. Wharton is the player I think we need in there, so we aren't so reliant on Rice mopping up everything in the middle. It'll also free Rice up to drive forward like he does for Arsenal, knowing he has a reliable midfield partner behind him. However, his inexperience at international level, and even above Championship level is defeinitely a factor.
Bellingham, Saka and Kane need to be managed carefully. They've had physically tough/long seasons so I think they need to have reduced minutes over the next 2 group games to ensure we get the most out of them in the knockouts.

Harry Kane has been to the Chris Martin School of winning freekicks.

Add Palmer to that list.

Rice dominating the midfield and Saka beating his man every time he drives forward too.

I've had enough of this commentator already.

I've had enough of this commentator already.

"if Slovenia had scored first then they'd be winning but they didn't and Denmark did so they're winning instead."
Fantastic analysis by Eni Aluko. Tick box at its finest.

Not that it had any bearing on the result last night I did find that Havertz's penalty was way too egregious in terms of the stopping his momentum before he took it and it should have been retaken. 

I'll forever die on the hill that Roos was nowhere near as bad as people made out.

This is the important part, mostly for any wingers, AMs and forwards we target. Even if we stick with 3 at the back, we'll alternate between a 3412 (AM and 2 CFs) and a 3421 system (2 wingers/AMs and a CF). You could add 352 or the occasional 4231 to the mix too

I think he would be earmarked to be playing as one of the '10s' behind the main striker in a 3-4-3 system, similar to how we utilised Barkhuizen at times last season. 

Find the idea of having to show Adams round the training ground (while he’s away on international duty, no less) quite amusing. 

Wasn't that the game Warne said he would have booed if he was a fan? If Warne was to be sacked, after that game was arguably the best time to do it - we were 9th after 14 games. We would have had enough games and points to play for to turn it around. The failure to beat Crewe after 2 attempts rasised concerns too. 
Unfortunately, when we didn't win, there wasn't much to cheer about. At least when playing more technical football there is more to justify giving a manager more time.
After Stevenage, we won the next 5 league games, followed by a draw then 4 more wins, which took us to 2 points off automatics. The management team deserved to at least see the season out to prove they could get us promotion. They succeeded and now deserve to be backed to prove they can meet the objectives in the Championship. 
The excuse in the past has been along the lines of Warne being restricted to players signed by other managers limiting the style of play. Ignoring academy graduates, there will only be 4 players next season signed by other managers (Rooney, Forsyth, Mendez-Laing and Barkhuizen) and 2 of those were given new contracts by Warne. This is now Warne's squad. I think it's now fair to say the quality of play should also improve as more signings are made to compliment exactly what Warne wants. Management also deserve a bit of time to prove this is the case.
Despite a couple of my original concerns from 2022 still being in place (academy and style of play), I'm still looking forward to what Warne can deliver next season.

Wasn't that the game Warne said he would have booed if he was a fan? If Warne was to be sacked, after that game was arguably the best time to do it - we were 9th after 14 games. We would have had enough games and points to play for to turn it around. The failure to beat Crewe after 2 attempts rasised concerns too. 
Unfortunately, when we didn't win, there wasn't much to cheer about. At least when playing more technical football there is more to justify giving a manager more time.
After Stevenage, we won the next 5 league games, followed by a draw then 4 more wins, which took us to 2 points off automatics. The management team deserved to at least see the season out to prove they could get us promotion. They succeeded and now deserve to be backed to prove they can meet the objectives in the Championship. 
The excuse in the past has been along the lines of Warne being restricted to players signed by other managers limiting the style of play. Ignoring academy graduates, there will only be 4 players next season signed by other managers (Rooney, Forsyth, Mendez-Laing and Barkhuizen) and 2 of those were given new contracts by Warne. This is now Warne's squad. I think it's now fair to say the quality of play should also improve as more signings are made to compliment exactly what Warne wants. Management also deserve a bit of time to prove this is the case.
Despite a couple of my original concerns from 2022 still being in place (academy and style of play), I'm still looking forward to what Warne can deliver next season.

Wasn't that the game Warne said he would have booed if he was a fan? If Warne was to be sacked, after that game was arguably the best time to do it - we were 9th after 14 games. We would have had enough games and points to play for to turn it around. The failure to beat Crewe after 2 attempts rasised concerns too. 
Unfortunately, when we didn't win, there wasn't much to cheer about. At least when playing more technical football there is more to justify giving a manager more time.
After Stevenage, we won the next 5 league games, followed by a draw then 4 more wins, which took us to 2 points off automatics. The management team deserved to at least see the season out to prove they could get us promotion. They succeeded and now deserve to be backed to prove they can meet the objectives in the Championship. 
The excuse in the past has been along the lines of Warne being restricted to players signed by other managers limiting the style of play. Ignoring academy graduates, there will only be 4 players next season signed by other managers (Rooney, Forsyth, Mendez-Laing and Barkhuizen) and 2 of those were given new contracts by Warne. This is now Warne's squad. I think it's now fair to say the quality of play should also improve as more signings are made to compliment exactly what Warne wants. Management also deserve a bit of time to prove this is the case.
Despite a couple of my original concerns from 2022 still being in place (academy and style of play), I'm still looking forward to what Warne can deliver next season.

Wasn't that the game Warne said he would have booed if he was a fan? If Warne was to be sacked, after that game was arguably the best time to do it - we were 9th after 14 games. We would have had enough games and points to play for to turn it around. The failure to beat Crewe after 2 attempts rasised concerns too. 
Unfortunately, when we didn't win, there wasn't much to cheer about. At least when playing more technical football there is more to justify giving a manager more time.
After Stevenage, we won the next 5 league games, followed by a draw then 4 more wins, which took us to 2 points off automatics. The management team deserved to at least see the season out to prove they could get us promotion. They succeeded and now deserve to be backed to prove they can meet the objectives in the Championship. 
The excuse in the past has been along the lines of Warne being restricted to players signed by other managers limiting the style of play. Ignoring academy graduates, there will only be 4 players next season signed by other managers (Rooney, Forsyth, Mendez-Laing and Barkhuizen) and 2 of those were given new contracts by Warne. This is now Warne's squad. I think it's now fair to say the quality of play should also improve as more signings are made to compliment exactly what Warne wants. Management also deserve a bit of time to prove this is the case.
Despite a couple of my original concerns from 2022 still being in place (academy and style of play), I'm still looking forward to what Warne can deliver next season.

Wasn't that the game Warne said he would have booed if he was a fan? If Warne was to be sacked, after that game was arguably the best time to do it - we were 9th after 14 games. We would have had enough games and points to play for to turn it around. The failure to beat Crewe after 2 attempts rasised concerns too. 
Unfortunately, when we didn't win, there wasn't much to cheer about. At least when playing more technical football there is more to justify giving a manager more time.
After Stevenage, we won the next 5 league games, followed by a draw then 4 more wins, which took us to 2 points off automatics. The management team deserved to at least see the season out to prove they could get us promotion. They succeeded and now deserve to be backed to prove they can meet the objectives in the Championship. 
The excuse in the past has been along the lines of Warne being restricted to players signed by other managers limiting the style of play. Ignoring academy graduates, there will only be 4 players next season signed by other managers (Rooney, Forsyth, Mendez-Laing and Barkhuizen) and 2 of those were given new contracts by Warne. This is now Warne's squad. I think it's now fair to say the quality of play should also improve as more signings are made to compliment exactly what Warne wants. Management also deserve a bit of time to prove this is the case.
Despite a couple of my original concerns from 2022 still being in place (academy and style of play), I'm still looking forward to what Warne can deliver next season.

Wasn't that the game Warne said he would have booed if he was a fan? If Warne was to be sacked, after that game was arguably the best time to do it - we were 9th after 14 games. We would have had enough games and points to play for to turn it around. The failure to beat Crewe after 2 attempts rasised concerns too. 
Unfortunately, when we didn't win, there wasn't much to cheer about. At least when playing more technical football there is more to justify giving a manager more time.
After Stevenage, we won the next 5 league games, followed by a draw then 4 more wins, which took us to 2 points off automatics. The management team deserved to at least see the season out to prove they could get us promotion. They succeeded and now deserve to be backed to prove they can meet the objectives in the Championship. 
The excuse in the past has been along the lines of Warne being restricted to players signed by other managers limiting the style of play. Ignoring academy graduates, there will only be 4 players next season signed by other managers (Rooney, Forsyth, Mendez-Laing and Barkhuizen) and 2 of those were given new contracts by Warne. This is now Warne's squad. I think it's now fair to say the quality of play should also improve as more signings are made to compliment exactly what Warne wants. Management also deserve a bit of time to prove this is the case.
Despite a couple of my original concerns from 2022 still being in place (academy and style of play), I'm still looking forward to what Warne can deliver next season.