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QED. Thanks, I feel vindicated that you can't back up your previous statements and resort to the above type of post.

He still hasn't answered the question!

There is of course the argument that Rashford can do that plus he scores goals!! (That's just my opinion)

You're avoiding the question now.

So someone expresses an opinion that the 'golden' generation, had they played in this world cup, would have beaten the same teams that Southgate's team have. ie. an opinion. Yes it's a fact that the golden generation didn't beat them because they never played them. You merely said they didn't...

A shit German team that got to the final!! As I said, flawed logic. Reading isn't the problem. You can't compare the quality of a teams based on the countries they have played in different eras.

You're right and the arguments can only be an opinion. That said, using LLcoolj's flawed logic, I wonder if this team could beat the 2001 German team 5-1 on their own turf?

The golden generation didn't play any of the teams we beat this year. If you're referring to Sweden then it was a different Swedish team that they played. Not hard to grasp. As for playing the same way, we've yet to be tested as to whether Southgate has a plan B. We've played no one of real...

You can't honestly use a fixture 16 years ago against a nation as a comparison against a fixture now against the same nation. Sven may have had a bigger pool of talent but in the same situation I doubt there are many that would have picked different teams. Which players that started against...

Because Sweden were a really bad team in 2006!!! This time we only just beat the mighty Tunisia if I recall. We then lost to Belgium reserves.

Agree with a lot of what you say but with Allardyce, he only had one game and who else are you going to select ahead of Rooney in 2016? McLaren dumped Beckham in trying to stamp his authority and we had a disastrous qualifying campaign which was very nearly salvaged when Beckham came on against...

He did sing the national anthem. Uncle C is talking crap. People might not like Rooney as a person and some might for some reason think he was a terrible footballer but let's not make things up to support those views.

So you're saying they're not allowed to go to the games then? If seeing their other halves once or twice during the tournament helps their mental approach to games then so be it. Capello was heavily criticized for not letting the players see their other halves during 2010. Damned if you do...

Allardyce was always a mistake and Southgate was a bought in due to his availability. He did reasonably well and took his chance and got the gig. However, to try and paint it as some sort of grand FA plan is, as others have said, rewriting history. When Allardyce left, who else could the FA...

The principle is sound but let's not get ahead of ourselves. We could get to the World cup final without beating any team in the top 10 (Colombia are 16 and Croatia 20)

He rejected a recall from Southgate and then announced he was retiring so that doesn't tie in with your comments! https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/aug/23/wayne-rooney-retires-england-rejects-recall-gareth-southgate

Never understand why there are a few who get so vitriolic about Rooney. He was part of a squad that failed. No mean feat to score the number of goals he did and will be interested to see if Kane gets close (I suspect he will). He wasn't binned by Southgate, he chose to retire from...

Probably the best thing that happened to England was the combination of Robson's dislocated shoulder and Wilkins (RIP) lobbing the ball at the ref.