And by Venky's, Steve Waggott and Gregg Broughton virtually giving him away for £18m.

The English Coach v Foreign Coach conundrum should be a fairly simple one. You pick the one who you feel is the best person for the job. End of. In the unlikely event there were two candidates of equal calibre and stature, one foreign and one English you'd hope the powers that be would pick the English one. Whether umpteen English managers since Sir Alf, or Sven and Capello have failed is completely irrelevant. What's happened in the past has no bearing on matters going forward.

I disagree, if someone just happens to be stood in an offside position at the farside of the pitch then a 30 yard worldie shouldnt be ruled out on that basis. Common sense also has to be applied though, if as in the case of last night a shot flashes into the net and the keeper has no chance of getting it whatever happens it shouldn't matter someone is stood offside.

Backing him - but covering all bases at the same time! Don't get splinters you know where!

Can always rely on you for a quality post Wilsden! I'd say that the Dutch player's position had no impact whatsoever on the keepers ability to go for the ball as there was no chance whatsoever of him saving it in the first place. Seemingly not everyone agrees but to me it's an absolute no brainer I don't know why it would be even up for debate.

We all know he was stood in an offside position but he wasn't "interfering" according to the definition.

The keeper was getting nowhere near that shot whether the Dutch player was stood there or not. He barely had time to react let alone dive. Ridiculous decision, ruling out an excellent goal for the sake of it. And one that could have major implications for who plays who and as regards the eventual outcome of the tournament.

Absolutely Ludicrous decisich to disallow the Dutch goal,. The player wasnt in the keepers eyeliner and the keeper was never getting anywhere near the shot. That decision could have a major bearing on the eventual outcome of the competition. Should have been the most straightforward of decisions to over-rule the onfield officials. Slightly different technology in use but VAR still ruining the game.

That's absolute quality. (Although I don't even think Saka has been that good tbf)

Good post, totally agree his time is up; no-one apart from the FA really wanted him to carry on after relative failure in the Euro Final and he hummed and haa'd before eventually deciding to limp on and as you say things now look exceptionally stale as a result. Imo it looks like there's something seriously amiss within the camp, after sitting through two games of walking football from our point of view the one incident that annoyed me the most was last night when Pickford charged up to the half way line to demand the ball off one of the centre halves. At that point you naturally assume he's going to wave the defender forward and launch the ball himself. But no, he passed the ball three yards sideways to the CH and retreated back to his goal. I was left screaming at the screen "What's the point in that?" For me the players aren't buying into this at all so far and don't seem to have any belief or enthusiasm for what they're being asked to do or how they're being asked to play. The only hope imo is that there's a players revolt and they decide to completely ignore the wet one and go out and try and tear the opposition a new one and see where it takes us.

Surely it should be the best person for the job? Hypothetically - Guardiola or Klopp or Howe or Potter? Tough one!

Kalvin Phillips? At this point Southgate must be saying stuff like that to deliberately wind people up because he's annoyed at the criticism he's (rightly) been receiving.

Words can not describe how much I detest Southgate. He's going to completely waste a talented squad of players again. I think Southgate is the only person in the Country who wouldnt play Bellingham with Rice, Foden behind Kane and someone who adds genuine width on the left. We dont need two holders in midfield and not only that he's playing a wing back in there who doesnt even play in that position for his Club. However leaving aside tactical issues and the various square pegs in round holes we've played two games at virtual exhibition pace and look like we simply can't be arsed whereas far less talented teams than us have had a right go and played a thrilling part in some stunning matches. If it were possible to sack Southgate at half time tonight, I'd have done it. Looks like the players have finally had enough of him.

JDT working with a decent DOF who recruited well might have been enough to get us over the line despite the lack of support from elsewhere. Unfortunately for us, and possibly fortunately for Waggott's cosy little number, we appointed the Egg. As it is those sort of aspirations now look to be a million miles away, with even survival looking an uphill battle.

Another Broughton masterclass - as if it wasn't bad enough losing him for the miserley sum of £18m in the first place, surely even a six year old would think to include a hefty add on based on international call ups.

Rumours Madison and Curtis Jones are leaving the England camp so should be good for Adam.

As for the appointment of a "Technical Director" I too have no idea what one of those is but like Broughton it smacks of another low quality appointment with a fancy title to appease the fan base and deflect attention away from the fact that the one thing that really matters, the actual transfer budget, most likely consists of thruppence ha'penny and a half eaten Mars Bar.

Your constant desire to defend Waggott and let him off the hook is absolutely baffling. Edit: He's a scourge on the Club who needs removing yesterday irrespective of whether the current owners remain in charge.

You're a master of understatement. That's a bit like saying being a serial killer isn't really the most desirable thing in the world. Still, that potential transfer will be the litmus test of whether we are finally going to at least try to improve I suppose.

Ah no - if this is what the Club have decided to do I'm Sure it will meet with the Chadster's full approval. Personally I've no idea why we're bringing Park back, he was absolutely hopeless last time he was here. Perhaps the plan is to reverse the favour that was done for him when he was out of work and once he is in situ he'll appoint Venus as his assistant and lobby for his other pal Mowbray to be made DOF.

If Eustace wants Travis in his starting X1, just waiting for the Chadster's u turn on the player now, given that he was fully in support of the decision to allow him to join Ipswich on loan in January.

.......apart from Sunderland, Leeds and Leicester away. That takes some doing, scoring five goals at the Stadium of Light by accident.

Very retrograde step imo if we're looking at the likes of Ruddy, Mcfadzean and Fleck. There's "experience" then there's one foot in the grave. Why we're even entertaining talks with Fleck I've no idea. The only one of the three that might make some sense is if we wanted to bring Mcfadzean in on the coaching side. But purely as a player he wouldn't be worth it either.

Spot on. Also bloody ironic that's the player making the gesture as SS is almost certain to be sold, probably as soon as the early bird period ends. On bare pricing alone, probably not too many complaints but the problem at the end of the day is they are trying to polish a steaming turd. Broughton gone which is good, but Waggott will still be in situ, Sam Gallagher has laughably had his contract extended and will no doubt still be impersonating a footballer yet again for most of the season, the financial restrictions will no doubt still be in place, our only really decent player will no doubt be flogged and the squad is still likely to be woefully equipped for a Championship season which will no doubt turn into another battle against relegation. So unless there are major signs of improvement in the areas of recruitment and on and off the field I'm still out for the time being.

Will you be "slamming" our prices then if they are the same as, or more than, Blackpool's?