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Before we all get carried away, we ain't won owt yet.
Failure to do so and this is just the same as every other tournament England have been in bar 66. Southgate himself said not reaching the semi's would be a failure so we've basically just achieved our minimum expectations. Yet minimum expectations being met seems to equal mass hysteria.
Will be interesting to see how the narrative changes if the Danes beat us.
 

If England win the Euros it will be right up there with the greatest footballing achievements of all time only bettered by Forest winning the European Cup by beating Liverpool, AEK Athens, Grasshopper Zurich, Koln & Malmö and Oster, Arges Pitesti, Dynamo Berlin, Ajax & Hamburg. ?

Ipswich had £400k turned down for him, totally out of our price range.  

Well we are thin on numbers at the moment but while efl and boro git gibson not a lot we can do about it.

It's obvious the EFL have a big Vendetta against Derby all I will say on the issue is I've been a Rams supporter since 1971 seen the glory days and the bad days but if the EFL relegate us and we end up in League 1 next season then that's me finished with football this all stinks of politics between Parry and Gibson. Mel Morris I feel as just destroyed our club. 

I’m not sure the EFL and Gibson have a big vendetta against Derby County ziggy but I’m certain they have one with Mel Morris which unfortunately means to get him, they have to get the club (and fans) which is not cricket.
What have the fans done to aggrieve Gibson and the EFL ? We are not responsible for the books, we didn’t pip Middlesbrough to that 6th place on the last day of a season (that’s why Gibson’s so pissed off with us) but we will be the ones left to pick up the pieces when Morris’s cleared off and sunning himself down at Sandbanks or somewhere more exotic and that’s not cricket either. ?‍♂️

It's obvious the EFL have a big Vendetta against Derby all I will say on the issue is I've been a Rams supporter since 1971 seen the glory days and the bad days but if the EFL relegate us and we end up in League 1 next season then that's me finished with football this all stinks of politics between Parry and Gibson. Mel Morris I feel as just destroyed our club. 

I feel a deja vu moment coming on!
 

….and I don’t think I’ve ever been less excited about them!
Fixture release day was always the watershed between seasons in my eyes; time to look forward to the circus rolling into town once again. 
But this year feels like the clowns are already here.
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The problem with selling Knight and sibley is the money is like to be used to pay players wages and keep the club going.
In my opinion the money will not be used to strengthen the team.
I agree that the team needs to strengthen but not just in the defence, but across the entire team.
Derby have 14 players, 3 injuries to the team and we could struggle to field a team, not just that but we will not win  any matches if we lose our best players.
Imagine a prospective new owner looking at buying the club, they look at the team, what a lot of rubbish players and so now not only are they being asked to pay 50 million for the club but another 25 to 30 million for new players.
In my opinion You could build a winning team as it is now by just investing say 10 to 15 million.
And in any case, derbys under a transfer embargo.
Selling Clarke to bring in Knight weakens the squad.
Losing buchanan or sibley makes Derby too weak.
Its time for mel to sell Derby for 20 million.

Bonkers. When you can drop Locatelli and bring in a player like Verrati, it's not too shabby is it! The only downgrade for me was Belotti for Immobile. Immobile would have buried a couple of the chances Belotti squandered, in fact I've no idea how the Italians only managed a single goal tonight. It could easily have been 3 or 4. They're quite frightening to be honest and have impressed me more than any other side thus far and by some way too.

Had to turn the commentary off. John Hartson absolutely doing my nut in with his one-eyed gushing. This is faaabulous, and that's faaabulous. Anyone would think Wales were 3 up. 
Meanwhile, Italy look certainly looking like the real deal. Even with 8 changes, they really do look like a side who could win this thing.

Well, good qualifying from Merc, P2&3 but really good by Verstappen.
Perez P4
Good effort from Sainz to qualify P5.
Have to say, the track sucks no matter how many stripes they paint and how despite miles of run off are they all in the wall causing red flags.....
Be an interesting start to the race even if the rest is likely to be boring.

Graeme Souness. Been on TV a bit and just read his column in the paper. Since the goalless draw his hard wired bias has been off the scale, If Scotland had won he would have exploded.
And those new gnashers blimey they dont half shine.

Foden.. Was fouled 2 times, fouled 2 times. 
The story of the game is more eloquently told by his other stats... 
1 shot
2 crosses, 0 accurate
24 passes, 20 in the Scotland half, 1 key 80% accuracy 
4 long passes, 2 accurate. 
Expected goals 0.05
Creates a picture of safety first play. Not creative, not looking to open up Scotland with any incisive one touch play. 
Your narrative does not resonate with mine which basically repeats what I've seen from England down decades. When faced with a team who themselves are pedestrian as Croatia were, they try a few things and we all start salivating. When faced with a team prepared to run around, we retreat into shells and play safety first football and then start looking for set piece accuracy. 
We created nothing of note. One set piece header gifted by poor marking and a pot shot. 

I really don't like Djokovic's attitude tbh- comes across as a petty man who is generally a bad winner, a sore loser and uses gamesmanship to get a small timeout if things aren't going his way by mysteriously acquiring injuries that he suddenly recovers from. I think that kind of attitude is more understandable if you're an average player but he's one of the best players of all time... 
It's difficult to judge who is best out of the 3 as they all peaked at different years, I'd be careful to say if Djokovic is the best player of all time just because of the way a 38 year old federer took him to the mat in the wimbledon final and smashed him in a hard court event a few months later. He's a great player though and if injuries don't get at him he could have a clear run for the next 2/3 years before the others start to catch up.  

Really thougt England were going to stuff the jocks. On paper onLy Robertson could get in the England side. But for sheer determination no England player could get into the jocks side. They were up for it and that can make a big difference in this game

Never, in the field of English football, has so little been delivered by so few to so many!

Well that was depressing.  I had to go out for the last 20 mins, so recorded it and avoided the score.  When I got back I played it on x30 speed at times and it was still slow lol ? 
Huge improvement needed for the Czech Republic match otherwise and assuming we make it to round 2, we'll be off on our travels and heading into the next game with no confidence. 
I was looking forwards to tonight but that was like watching Derby limp over the line towards the end of last season - no passion, no commitment, no idea.
 

That was utter garbage.
Southgate set us up negatively and the lethargy flowed from there. He lacks the imagination to come up with system that doesn't isolate Kane.
We will not be top level contenders with him in charge.

Always the hope that kills you with England. At least when I watch Derby expectations are generally low. More dispiriting to support a team with such an embarrassment of attacking talent and yet look clueless upfront and bereft of ideas. Rather than blame Kane I'd suggest the manager and system need to take accountability. We all know if you put service into Kane he will score, he can be a carthorse all game for all it matters and still be deadly clinical with a single chance. Problem is the side looked unbalanced, from the start to the finish. This gaping hole in midfield with 2 DMs and then everyone else high up, no central thread, lack of ambition in the centre of the park IMO.

It was like watching Derby. Backwards, sideways, forwards, sideways, back to goalie. Pathetic performance

I briefly thought of Lampard then remembered his play off final selection and some pretty bad performances from us during his tenure.
Not recommending this fella but I’d rather have Dyche from Burnley in charge than Southgate, at least we’d see some graft.

Yes. I'd put Frank Lampard in charge. He'd actually make good use of all our attacking talent. We might concede 9 goals, but we'll score 10 with him charge. Englands defence is crap anyway, so may as well play to our strengths. At the very least he would play some entertaining football.