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If these are the 3 players (or assets) being branded then 15m for Igamane should be the priority. He has a bit of talent but not consistent and obviously hasnt settled off the park. Raskin is a must keep unless its silly money. Dessers gets the numbers week in week out even though he can disappear for 89 minutes - he can be sold only if its good business.

Absolutely. I remember running round my living room celebrating in 1997 after reading teletext headline that Laudrup agreed to stay on for another year.

Agreed, all correct scores in the first round will be flukes. No idea of the intensity, the squads etc.

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A loan could be a good possibility. Id imagine he has a clause of a wage reduction on the basis of Southampton's relegation and I think his basic isnt as high as 70k in the first place.

Disagree. Downes is a good player, West Ham fans didnt want him to leave - he was good there but didnt get enough of a chance. It just didnt help him playing in a Southampton poor side in a top league. He would be an upgrade on Barron.

Agreed. It used to be all about representing a country but even the national game has gone corporate. Way to many games against countries who have suddenly appeared or cant even score a goal in qualifying. Plus you have players representing a country due to an Aunt's cousins.

Tav produced some good performances in the latter stages of the season especially in Europe. I was previously critical saying his legs had gone. No reason why he cant be club captain but not team captain. The question is who else takes the arm band. Id say Souttar and Raskin are the only possibilities which is worrying as we should have 5 or 6 candidates.

Coady would be a big upgrade if he is fully fit.

These World Cup qualifiers are baffling. Some countries have played 3 games already while other groups havent even started. There is a mass of groups and half only have 4 countries per group. Used to be up to 7 in a group.

Id welcome it and it would generate interest. But I think his stock is reasonably high and he wont struggle for another job.

The writing was on the wall, you cant lose 22 leagues games. He did have his keeper and defence out for a long time and wasnt backed big in the transfer market. But he put all his eggs in the Europa and won it. Glasner, A Poch return, Silva, Frank all linked. Southgates name was mentioned which would be great for the neutral.

I htink thats 4 wins in the last 21 games which includes 12 defeats, 4 home defeats from Northern Ireland, Finland, Greece and Iceland. How is his job not even questioned. Get rid of Clarke and put Ange in charge.

Martin has signed for 3 seasons - Summer, Autumn and Winter - so its not that long. As Rab posted above, its done now so we accept and get on with it and give him a chance. Trying to look at the positives - he may have some good contacts in England to get a few good loans signings in. We seem to be trying a re-build every year and some of our incoming loans in the last few seasons have been far better business than the outright purchases. Its not a long term strategy but with Euro qualifiers not far round the corner and our squad being light in multiple areas Im happy if we get players who can perform like Sima and Cerny have done. That head of hair on Martin though! Im surprised Head & Shoulders wasnt in the running for him for their adverts.

The Confederations Cup prior to the World Cup in the 90s wasnt too bad a competition - that Roberto Carlos free kick was the stand out. It seems this club world cup may be part of a dry run for the World Cup next summer to test the waters for a tournament in the US. Speaking of which - with it being extended to 48 team Uzbekistan, Jordan and New Zealand have qualified for it and New Caledonia are into the play off round.

Wonder what the crowds are going to be like at this tournament. Also will be interesting to see the intensity levels or if it looks more like an exhibition.

Absolutely no idea what to expect overall but the gap isnt as big as people are saying. We have been the better team in about 5 of the last 6 matches against Celtic so we need to keep that up and they will take care of themselves. We need to start by eradicating the poor results against the other league teams as these are the games thats cost us to be right in the mix for two title races. Ibrox needs to become a fortress again, it cant be a place where teams rock up and enjoy it.

Pretty much exactly my thoughts. Id honestly have had McInnes, Dyche and a few others who always got a groan ahead of him. if He was 3rd of 4th choice then the Board should have ripped it up and started a new search afresh and put interim coaches in place. I cant believe for one second he is the best option out there.

Well done Palace.

You dont need to post this on this forum I enjoy the chat we have albeit with a lighter crew in the footy chat...but we dont need this garbage.

Its that little runt of a ref again from last years Scottish Cup final.

Thanks. No way. And just listened to John Brown - he is correct.

I just got in from an afternoon brunch - can someone catch me up?? Was this disallowed??

Yeah read this earlier. A lot of Toffees thinking it was a wind up. Im sure a few puns will be made up. Still think the game tomorrow has been diluted with Goodison going nowhere. I wonder if Man Utd may think of renting Goodison if Old Trafford is out of bounds for any construction of the new Stadium.

Morelos had an all round better game. Dessers has an all round better attitude and professionalism by a mile.