I personally have no issue with giving Rooney 15 minutes for a proper send off. He is our record goalscorer and unfortunately was in his prime when the rest of the England set up was a complete shambles. I am far far more mystified by Fabian Delph being selected as Captain. He must have less than 10 caps and hasnt kicked a ball for city for some time. Ive not seen the squad but If Delph is captain I am assuming they are all making their England debuts.

Does anyone find their ps4 has much slower internet speeds than other devices in the house? My virgin Fibre optic is rated to around 170mb/s. My phone, laptop and tablet all seem to get close to this fairly regularly, but my PS4 wired connection seems to average about 10mb/s. A fraction of the speed of other decices. I've tried various tips off YouTube but it doesn't make much difference. Interested to know if it's a common issue or my ps4 is showing it's age. I've had it from near launch. It also takes forever to download and install updates.

If we have any ambitions of promotion we have to win these games. This is also a chance to take the handbreak off a bit and give some license to the creative players. Maybe give Brereton, Palmer or Rothwell a bit more game time.

Such a shame. I pulled my Hamstring quite badly in July in pre season for a local team. Never done a hamstring before but its still in the back of my mind now it might go at any minute and im still not confident to sprint 100% God knows what goes through Chapmans mind when hes on the pitch...his who game was around his speed. Will be tough to get his spark back. Hope he does.

Have a feeling we will win this one. Im going for 2-0. Again I hope Mowbray goes for a young energetic team, but I think well see a revert back to the norm with Evans and Smallwood in the middle and Reed out wide somewhere. My Team: Leutwiler (assumin Raya out) Bennett Lenihan Mulgrew Bell Reed Evans Armstrong Dack Rothwell Graham

Haha keyboard warrior...calm down. On the football, was concerned by the line up before the game but I would probably have taken 4 points from Leeds at home and Swansea and WBA away. Surprised Arma didn't start.

Energy in midfield and pace up top for this I think. Can't see us having much of the ball so it's vital when we break it's with speed. I wouldn't be surprised to see Graham miss out or start as sub. Mowbray mentioned he's struggling with a dodgy back at the moment. Raya Bennett Lenihan Mulgrew Bell Reed Evans Rothwell Dack Armstrong Graham

Is anyone into Call of Duty on here? I got Black Ops 4 a week or so ago. I must say Im not that impressed. The graphics look pretty average at best to me. COD WW2 looked much nicer on the screen. Black Ops seems to have bright blocky colours and even the weapon detail isnt great. Reminds me more of the very first CODs that came out on PS4 4 or 5 years ago. Anyone else think similar? Think Ill see what the new Battlefield is like and decide whether to trade.

He doesnt seem to be doing anything football related at the moment looking at his Wiki page. Would be great if he came here as a coach of some form. Also see he won the Turkish masterchef!

I think we will need to rotate the squad to keep the performance levels up also bearing in mind the game at the weekend is also a very tough game. Something like: Raya Bennett Lenihan Mulgrew Bell Reed Rodwell Palmer Dack Armstrong Brereton Then bring back Graham, Evans and Smallwood for the WBA game.

The players look much more comfortable and flexible in the 4-3-3 formation compared to the World Cup. Reminded me of watching Rovers. Dominated for 45 mins then dont turn up for the second half. Spain were always going to come into the game at some point and were relentless in their posession second half. It could have been worse if Pickford was peanalised for his brain malfunction in the second half. Agree with others above, the front three of Rashford, Kane and Sterling is a good mix of pace, movement and quality. Id struggle to see Alli or Lingaard in that three. Would have liked to see Maddison given a go as hes an attacking player who looks promising.

Much prefer the 4 2 3 1 formation than the 5 3 2 or whatever we played at the WC (even though we got to a semi final). Think the players look more comfortable . Rashford missed two sitters. Would like to see Sancho and Madison for last 20..Just to see what they're like.

I'm pretty sure as he was released to cut the wage bill..whether he wanted to or not i dont think the club gave him the choice. Looking back I think relegation for a year has made us much stronger. There was some proper dross in that squad.

Just saw the highlights. WTF was Williams doing. Had loads of time with the ball at his feet and panicked. Balls crossed aimlessly into our box cause havoc. Armstrong looked to make himself a few chances. Dont mind him missing a few as long as he is creating. Didn't see Brereton in any of the clips... The Bournemouth tv camera seems to have a massive cloudy blob right in the middle lol

Not too fussed about the result and good to see a changed team get two goals away to a PL side. There is a definite problem with this side seeing a game out. Another late goal albeit to a PL side is worrying me. Surely TM is working on this. A big aggressive in the air CB would be welcome in Jan

Agree

Awsome win especially after everyones unease at the starting line up. We are fecking useless at defending a lead. Just keep on the attack...

Wasnt at the game and only just saw the goal highlights yesterday. I thought some people were overreacting talking about the keeper and walls fault for letting a direct free kick in...however having seen the highlights the wall was very poor. The ball didnt go up and over the wall it went through the massive gap left to the keepers right. There were only 3 in the wall, one or two more would have stopped that free kick.

We concede so many late goals. It would be interesting to see the stats accross average minutes in the game we conceed over the last year. It seems a lot are 85 minutes onwards especually in added time. Would have taken a point before the game but that goal is a sickner

Not too confident with this one. I get the impression Brereton isnt reay for a start yet, not had much pre season and had a tough time mid week for the England U20s. I dont think this is a game where sitting back will help us. I do think well score if we go at them. Hopefully have Dack back. Im pretty sure Mowbray will pick an unchanged side apart from Dack but I'd go with this. Raya Nyambe Lenihan Mulgrew Bell Evans Bennett Rothwell Dack Palmer Armstrong Subs. Leut, Downing, Reed, Travis, Graham, Brereton, Williams

Probably because hes playing with better players. England would be tranformed with an Eriksson or Dembele in midfield. Alli, Lingard and Sterling run around a lot but they dont link defence to midfield and attack. Henderson is a much better player than Dier in that role. Agree with the Delph over Dier comment above. Still not convinced by 5 at the back formation. The two wing backs usually end up pinned into a 5 against anyone half decent and leaves our already weak midfield overrun. The 2-1 loss to spain doesnt seem quite as crap after their result yesterday.

What a strange comment

I had never heard of Ben Brereton until a month ago and I have never seen him play. Given hes not played this season I dont think he will be straight into the starting 11. Rothwells performances this season have given us a nice dilemma. I only expected him to be a squad player. I also think Nyambe is developing into a top quality full back. I wonder if Bell will keep his place when Williams is back. As others have said out of no where we have suddenly got a very competetive squad. Raya Nyambe Lenihan Mulgrew Bell Evans Bennett Armstrong Dack Palmer Graham Edit: Just noticed ive only selected 1 change from the team that played last year! Quality to call on the bench though.

Fair enough! This season seems a big step up for them.

I think this game is a good chance to give some game time to our promising U23s with some experience to help them along. Leutweiler Nyambe Downing Rodwell Doyle? Travis Hardcastle Reed Conway Nuttall Rankin-Costello? Subs. Whittingham Bell Tomlinson Mols Raya Palmer Lenihan