Walker should have cleaned him out yet bottled the sliding tackle.
Cucurella played exactly as he did for us - brilliant going forward and not so good defending. When Saka attacked him him looked shaky but unfortunately Saka didn't attack him much.
I'd like Klopp but it won't happen so voted Potter as it would be interesting to see what style he gets us playing and how he handles the inevitable criticism.
It will be the ninth time the World Cup will be held in the Americas. The South Americans have won 7 out of the previous 8 . Argentina will be favourites and I think everything is in their favour - European sides rarely play well over a tournament in that heat and humidity .
Well he "disappeared" in the final (as did most of our lauded players). Truly great players carry others along to winning things in the tough games- I really hope he becomes like that. He just looked knackered most of the time and spent a lot of the game rolling on the floor feigning injury...
I agree with a lot of the comments on this thread concerning what Southgate lacks but you have to look at the realistic alternatives if he goes , and whether they would be an improvement on him and I'm not sure they will be.
I also think the criticism that he hasn't got the best out of certain...
This. Like most people I thought we only had to turn up and we would be holding the trophy aloft. Unfortunately the team thought they only had to turn up as well.
I think Adingra fits into that category of occasionally being brilliant but a lot of the time being quite ineffectual and goes missing in games.
If he was sold I'm not sure it would be a great loss to our squad but I'd hope we'd get a good fee for him (£30-40m ?) but not sure if Marseilles have...
I know it's Palace but having your best players picked off by "bigger" clubs really hacks me off. It is so hard to build a good side for those of us outside the top six.
I don't know how the likes of Chelsea and Man Utd do it - they still have so many decent players on their books that I have...
I slink out of the competition like Switzerland - a beaten team.
Many thanks to Theatre Of Trees for organising and running a brilliant competition - it made every game of the Euro's exciting (even the boring ones).
Well done to Triggaaar who did a job on me - I failed to see the virtue , and...
It could be an exciting second half as I expect Southgate to throw caution to the wind and really go for the equaliser with about 15-10 minutes to go ! :facepalm: