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Question for the Geordies - what’s the crack with Hall ? - looks very tidy on the ball , and a left footer playing left back


He's young and will make mistakes but he will grow with experience and already has a good understanding down the left hand side and links up well with those playing ahead of him, good crisp ball player, accurate passing. I've watched him a lot at England U21 level and he is often a class above many others on the pitch.

I've said it before and I will say it again....Englands future left back of choice.
 

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I don’t think Coote is corrupt as a ref , I just think he is completely useless , worse than incompetent

The two main “talking points” - where both when he was VAR

The VVD and Pickford where both him and Oliver concentrated on the offside and they admitted the mistake there

And the Odegaard handball which was as blatent as you can get but he had a VAR asst with him

Both were errors he got wrong because he is useless as opposed to corrupt

Fair play mate, you're a bigger man than me on that issue.

I agree they're poor generally but something isn't right with Coote. Oliver also has connections to Abu Dhabi and gives a lot of decisions that end up helping Man City out. It's a clear conflict of interests that any ref should work in the UAE when a region there owns one of the teams in the league. Madness.
 

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Good game, nobody played badly, some really good performances, interesting what Xl he starts on sunday. Unless Konsa is injured, I’d be happy with him starting the same Xl that started the game tonight.
 

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I like the variety we have seen in the England squad .. I want to see the little midfielder who plays in the French league play again though. I don’t feel depressed about England we do have good players I just wish we played them sometimes
 

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Great performance tonight.

Play players in their right positions and the team looks a lot more balanced.

Whoever would've thought of it? Carsley is average and he only did it due to pull outs but it shows what a weak wet wipe Southgate was for most of his time in charge. Refusing to drop big names and trying to cram them in because he was too scared to offend anyone. So glad the clown has gone.

Can't wait for Tuchel to come in and shake the team up.
 

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I can only guess you haven’t seen the second video and didn’t watch the first video very well
You guessed wrong chap!!

I've seen both videos and watched them numerous occassions. Both videos were for private viewing. I accept its not great viewing and its not behaviour you would expect from a professional referee. However, i dont believe ending his career is the correct form of punishment.
 

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I like the variety we have seen in the England squad .. I want to see the little midfielder who plays in the French league play again though. I don’t feel depressed about England we do have good players I just wish we played them sometimes

Angel Gomez.... Hes really good on a Fifa career mode :ROFLMAO:
 

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You guessed wrong chap!!

I've seen both videos and watched them numerous occassions. Both videos were for private viewing. I accept its not great viewing and its not behaviour you would expect from a professional referee. However, i dont believe ending his career is the correct form of punishment.
In most walks of life, videos of you doing coke and calling a customer/client/colleague the c-bomb would result in a fairly unceremonious hoofing out the door.
I'd be sacked in a heartbeat.
 

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Great performance tonight.

Play players in their right positions and the team looks a lot more balanced.

Whoever would've thought of it? Carsley is average and he only did it due to pull outs but it shows what a weak wet wipe Southgate was for most of his time in charge. Refusing to drop big names and trying to cram them in because he was too scared to offend anyone. So glad the clown has gone.

Can't wait for Tuchel to come in and shake the team up.

Decent performace at times but we also had to rely on Pickford a bit too much at times, it's still a worry how lower ranked teams can cut right through our midfield with ease.
Still not convinced by Gallagher, he puts in the effort but he needs too many touches of the ball and got caught in possession a lot, Jones was anonymous for most of the game and his goal, a great goal btw, papered over his otherwise abject performance. Watkins, never a proper top class striker in my book, too many poor first touches.
Wins a win though 👍
 

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You guessed wrong chap!!

I've seen both videos and watched them numerous occassions. Both videos were for private viewing. I accept its not great viewing and its not behaviour you would expect from a professional referee. However, i dont believe ending his career is the correct form of punishment.
I can’t think of any company that wouldn’t fire you on the spot for both those offences
 

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Decent performace at times but we also had to rely on Pickford a bit too much at times, it's still a worry how lower ranked teams can cut right through our midfield with ease.
Still not convinced by Gallagher, he puts in the effort but he needs too many touches of the ball and got caught in possession a lot, Jones was anonymous for most of the game and his goal, a great goal btw, papered over his otherwise abject performance. Watkins, never a proper top class striker in my book, too many poor first touches.
Wins a win though 👍
When he was through on goal I thought here we go another goal. However it looked like he was playing with my crocs on 😳
 

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When he was through on goal I thought here we go another goal. However it looked like he was playing with my crocs on 😳
This is the thing about Watkins - scores chances you think he will miss, fluffs chances you think he will score.

Kinda evens itself out over a season but he's not world class.
 

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I can’t think of any company that wouldn’t fire you on the spot for both those offences
Take your emotion out of this now.

What if he has a real addiction to Cocaine, due to the stress of the job. Dont you think PGMOL and possibly UEFA have a duty of care to help this guy?

What if he has been set up and been blackmailed by a criminal betting gang?

There are many more possible scenarios too, I know my questions are hypothetical and we may never know the truth but to want this guys career ended over doing coke is excessive in my humble opinion.
 
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