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Anyone whinging if we lose this with the squad we have available needs shooting. Hoping for at least a draw.

Andy Carroll was a left back?

I haven’t been paying too close attention but is Antony quitely having a bit of a redemption arc? He seems to be contributing a lot more now (I know he gave away the pen before someone mentions it).

Came to post this. I might be massively wrong here and at first glance it looks worrying but there’s potential good balance to that side. Huge games for Hall and Anderson.

Hate this waiting game trying to figure out who’s crocked now. Then trying to decide who we can afford to lose. It’s like we’re playing this season on hard mode.

Weird

Almost run out of words for this injury crisis. How many cbs do we realistically need to buy this summer? It could be a career ended for Lascelles.

Baffled by the drama surrounding our second pen - particularly by West Ham fans. Players putting their bodies in the way to get kicked to win a penalty has always been that way. Is it a soft way to concede a pen? Absolutely. It’s really shit defending. Did Gordon buy it? 100%. You can’t boot a player in the box, not touch the ball and expect it not to be given. It’s literally always been this way. I actually like that West Ham side. If they had a more progressive manager they’d do alright.

As good as an 11 we could have hoped for. I think we’ll get it done. Gordon masterclass

After last night I think Mainoo has done enough to earn a start - there’s literally no one else. Gallagher keeps fluffing chances. Phillips is out of form. Unless there’s some sort of rotation in the advanced positions possible between Bellingham and Foden I don’t see any other options. It’s clearly Rice, Bellingham plus another and Mainoo seems clear of the rest.

It’s too late for a change now in my opinion. Despite the gaining hate for him I think Southgate has earned a shot at this tournament.

I think he’ll give us another year at least if we can show we’re progressive enough in the summer window.

Nah, but he plays that type of siting role in Southgate’s system. Him and Rice rarely venture forward too far. I can’t think of too many other English players that play that role well.

For all I hate that Henderson pick I can’t think of any holding type centre midfielders that’s desperately unlucky not to be included. Im sure there’ll be some but I can’t think of any?

Would play him in that right wing position for the rest of the season. He’s limited, he’s a squad player but I guarantee he gets more g/a contributions than Almiron who’s currently stealing a living here.