Some photos from the day. You can kind of see why.

https://www.90min.com/posts/4833646-some-people-think-it-s-funny-that-the-usa-women-s-national-team-were-apparently-beaten-by-u15-boys Half truth really, and was a couple of years ago

I’d be well pissed off if they were our kits. They are basically “Red Kit” and “Yellow Kit”, absolutely nothing on them but a PNE badge and iron on sponsor. It would take zero effort to change them, and it seems that half the fan base is pissed off anyway. Shambolic state of affairs and quite funny.

I think we can beat this USA team. Will be a hell of an effort but they aren’t too solid themselves at the back.

I stand corrected. Still a generation of players ago. Look - managers aren’t successful anymore by strutting about playing off their own achievements and expecting to change people to be just like them through the medium of bollockings. Name one? People are better motivated by understanding them and what makes them tick. I don’t see Roy being able to be flexible like that, and certainly not at the highest level. He’s an angry and aggressive old school football man. Those times have gone, he’ll have to adapt A LOT

That was 15 years ago. He last left Ipswich in 21st, and then fell out with everyone at Ireland. He needs to drop the ”everyone should be exactly like me or they are shit” ego bollocks or he won’t be successful again.

Christ. What a nobhead thing to say. I agree the Rodwell situation like anything has two sides to every story but “muh depression?” Pure ignorance and stupid language around the single biggest killer of men under 45. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48279772

Be that as it may, he’d still be a shit manager.

The first bit doesn’t really make sense regarding my point about emotional intelligence and the second part kind of illustrates what I mean. For example, how Roy Keane deals with injuries - https://talksport.com/football/421006/roy-keane-transcript-row/ He’s a dick.

It would have to be a very special circumstance. @K-Hod is right, thankfully the world has moved on from motivation through fear and bravado. The man has the emotional intelligence of a sponge and the depth of a puddle.

100% not real. At a guess I'd say the bins are added there in post. Sorry guys

No Jill Scott!!? 100% Demi Stokes gets into our team over Bell too and I’m not even joking ?

You lot seem to like talking about it to say you’re not interested and don’t like it... I enjoy watching football, not just watching men play football. I think it would be a fantastic achievement, and I’m getting quietly confident... Need to keep concentration in a shaky defence but going forwards we’ve been electric at times. Should be a cracker of a semi whoever it’s against. 5-4 England or something daft.

It's the chicken and the egg. If they are good enough, they will find their way into the matchday squad - if they aren't, we can't afford to play them for 20 games. In order to give them the games, they have to be pretty much ready as Travis/Lenihan/Nyambe were, that's the point.

I’d say we need to do both. If Lenihan is injured (he will be at some point) we need someone to take his place.

Never mind experience! This is a man who amazingly took a team who finished sixth, added a wealth of talented youngsters from his connections in the game, added Marriott for 5m, Waghorn for 7m... was hyped up to hell and got them to finish... Sixth. Good luck Chelsea. (not)

It’s a fair cop re: Bauer. I really wanted to see evidence Tony still wanted to sign him because I couldn’t countenance A, us losing out to PNE, and B, the fact we’d chased a lad for so long that I didn’t really think was worth it at all. Have to hold my hands up there. Still hopefully won’t lose any sleep over it, assuming we bring someone in better or especially if big Grant comes back.

Magloire played the game after at Hillsborough and was pretty bobbins tbh

Stewart Downing

Eh? Four of our best starting 11 are academy players - isn't that pretty good??

Maybe not majority opinion but I'd much rather keep Smallwood in the squad and try to get someone to give us a few quid for Evans.

Fantastic charity, best of luck

Transfermarkt shows he wasn't involved in 9 Bundesliga 2 games last season. That includes suspension, and looking at his Twitter - an injury, so doesn't look too bad on paper. If you think we'll be signing any of the good players from Bundesliga 1 then I've got news for you though! Scotland, couldn't comment.

A 6’4” defender? Whats wrong with him?

Was in Paris at the Eiffel Tower yesterday... and ain't blonde.