Judging from some comments online, it seems to be down to Sane not really doing the business for Germany so far tbh....

Scotland have had loads of English born players over the years and continue to do so, so again, that excuse doesn't wash I'm afraid.

Dryhorse, you've moved the goalposts so many times they're now on the cricket pitch.....

Alan Nixon in talking nonsense shocker....

Northern Ireland has a smaller population than Scotland, so does Wales and they've still qualified for tournaments more recently. Hence the population thing doesn't really wash. Seems like the problem runs a bit deeper tbh....

Iceland, Croatia and Belgium also have small populations..... Though I'm not that keen on some of the snobbery in these posts, I mainly created this thread to stop all the Scottish discussion dominating the transfer thread!

Because the transfer thread is getting very circular and repetitive about the thread title, it seems like it deserves its own thread.... VOILA!

Maybe for you. Meanwhile, over here in the real world...... Seriously though, we'd need to spend a lot of cash even getting to that level.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/fifa-fine-england-16k-after-12642847

Absolutely mental! It's not even like he's had a poor season!

I think folk have been a bit dramatic about the quality of his performances last season. He showed enough in the early part of the season when he had that purple patch to show he's worth keeping on, IMO. Fair play to the lad putting the hard yards in when most of the other players are away on their holidays.....

Probably because they don’t have the cash...Ask fans of Man City how they feel about foreign owners and see how you get on...

To be fair, Villa will have done this to plenty of other relegated teams over the years themselves....

To be fair, neither of his names are names you'd normally associate with Norway.....

Cypress Hill- Dr Greenthumb

Yet a quick Google search will tell you he's won twice as many promotions than Mick McCarthy as a manager.... It's a funny old game.

Villa were so poor, Fulham deserved winners.

S8 & Blue beat you to that joke yesterday young man.... Better luck next time!

Did you watch Conway much last season? He really struggled IMO and I don't think I'm alone in that. Just a question, but, if Mowbray had deemed Conway surplus to requirements, would you be upset or think that was wrong?? There is absolutely no room for sentiment in professional sport. Conway has been a great servant to the club, but if he struggled in league one and he's now a year older, the championship will be even tougher for him, that much stands to reason. If finances are tight, as they have been for the last few years, we need to have every single squad member earning a wage making a big contribution.

Being in contract talks with Conway should just about do it!

Madness- One step beyond

For goodness' sake, I don't think you're showing off, somebody else made that suggestion in a post some pages back, not me, I was merely covering all bases. I've never thought philanthropy was anything other than a good thing, personally.

I don't think it is, for what it's worth, someone else made that observation, I was just paraphrasing. You can spend your money on whatever you want, that's how life works..... You can also think as you please.

Is this a serious comment? The improvement in this lad the season just gone has been quite something. His most productive season in front of goal so far, his finishing could still be better, but then he's only 23 years old......

Glass houses and all that, Mercer. Incidentally, can any threats of wagers/charitable donations/people showing off that they can spare £100 (however you want to interpret it) be done via PM? Many thanks.