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@apples2930 Terribly sad news. RIP Kev , condolences to your family 😢

Do I not like that. rest in peace Kev a life well lived ❤️

@ZakHughesWWFC Deluded

He’s spot on. We do have a great squad of players for the championship… If you think we can rip apart the squad and go straight back up your fucking mental. Get rid of 1 or 2 more of the big assets. (Krejchi and Tolu). Bring in 1 or 2 players and we’re ready 🤝

We are all Spain tonight aren't we?

@steveneary66 Blame him ? Mate the only mention he gets is from United fans. The rest of us question why he was picked at all?

I've tried 2 stay away from this b0llocks World Cup 4 the most,but have i got this right? Kobbie Mainoo never got a second in the competition,but our English Media & English fans have still managed 2 find a way 2 blame him 4 their largely embarrassing performances? #MUFC #england

@GoldenPalaceWW @mitchey316 And accurate

@mitchey316 Top analysis

Munetsi doesnt have much of a premier league future. But he's dominating the championship this season given a chance, with 10+ goals. He's a very strong opinion now. Adjust your perspective according to our new environment. #wwfc

@GoldenPalaceWW Villa are buying Gomes and Manzambi and you think keeping Munetsi is a plus for Wolves. Unbelievable take on a player that most wanted to see the back of.

@Scott_Pert Listen to waht Souness says about him . He said Mainoo 'empties the midfield' and that Wharton is better. He is, live with it

So England fans are digging out Kobbie Mainoo? The ONLY player picked for World Cup who could control a game, dribble & not lose the ball in tight areas. When he plays for Manchester United we have a win % of 78 & 22% when he doesn’t. Tuchel didn’t play him. Blame someone else.

@yemmy2584 @ChrisMorgan205 Rogers. Wharton and even Scott are way above Mainoo

@ChrisMorgan205 I have said it n I will still say it nothing special about Anderson for me .. Mainoo is clear of this guy in terms of bringing control and calmness to midfield. Maybe defensively yes but ball control and stability I will still say Mainoo is better

Anyone who thinks Elliot Anderson is better than Kobbie Mainoo is delusional. Anderson is a good midfielder, but he's nowhere near Mainoo's level or proven pedigree. Mainoo has already performed on the biggest stages, helped Manchester United through difficult moments, scored in a major final, and played a key role in England's run to the Euro final. His composure under pressure, ability to receive the ball in tight spaces, and intelligence on the ball are qualities few midfielders his age possess. Anderson has enjoyed a strong spell, but one good season doesn't suddenly put him ahead of a player who has already delivered when the stakes were highest.

@ChrisMorgan205 Please stop with Mainoo fan boy stuff.

@SportsUncensrd At last ! Souness tells it as it is with Mainoo

🤨 “He’s looked at his bench and gone, Kobbie Mainoo… I’m gonna put him on?!” ❌ “He empties it too much… that’s the last thing they needed!” Graeme Souness BLASTS Thomas Tuchel’s squad selection and questions why he brought Mainoo to the World Cup. 📺youtu.be/xxT3DlF900I

@apples2930 Would love him but he won't come to Wolves

Stones on a free please and thank you 😎

@wolves_aywe @daveazzopardi Manchester United will not be able to sign Wolves star Joao Gomes by activating a release clause in his contract as the Brazilian doesn't have one with the Midlands club. It was reported in November

@daveazzopardi Yup relegation release clause no doubt

Not sure if it’s ever been reported but do wonder if Joao had some sort of release clause/agreement on his latest contract. Fee is pretty much the same as what Atleti had reportedly agreed.

@wolves_aywe @daveazzopardi There was no release clause in his contract

@JBabbacombe @daveazzopardi Tell me who had the most goal involvements then please?

@daveazzopardi £3M more than AM offered. Man Utd & Liverpool wouldn’t pay more than £30M 10 goal involvements in 3 seasons. I’ll take the money and run to find better.

@daveazzopardi No relegation clause in his contract

@ConceptScouting @Vaughany1973 There was no such clause

@Vaughany1973 Not if there’s a clause upon relegation for him to leave for less, no

Not sure given the circumstances that a fee over £35m for Joao Gomes is a bad deal for Wolves at all, Wolves hold absolutely no cards in that deal

@youngy_07 @StanCollymore National dish curry? Didn't the Scots have a referendum?

@StanCollymore Oppressor?? No Corrupt thieving crooks?? Yes England is that up itself, they think they are immune from being called out for what they are. National drink? Tea National dish? Curry Says it all. Give las Malvinas back. Then Scotland. Then Ireland. Then wales!!

I speak for me and me alone. Nobody on here has called out the worst excesses of Englishness in here, nobody. And at England games too. But if you're Scottish or Irish or Welsh reading this, most English people care about, like you, is food on the table, grafting and being, for now, part of a union of nations. Me, today, I'm tapped out. Never believed in the union, I believe in an English independent nation that trades with 3 or 4 other neighbours as friends. I love England, I do not love nor hate the other constituent parts. What I do know is Scottish media and politicians, not brain dead pundits, have been more than happy to twist the knife this last month. So please, Scotland and Wales, vote for independence so we can all have our own destiny, as friends without tagging a nation of 40 million as some sort of colonial oppressor. We're fucking not. And the cheek of the Scots and Welsh pretending they weren't a part of every British atrocity is fucking laughable.

@MarshallSuite @molineuxmusings Sasa will be back

@molineuxmusings Suggests to me he’s not close to a move. Makes sense for Peixoto to use him cos he only has Chiwome to play up top in the sessions and any friendly.

This feels unnecessary 😅 For two days?

@Ntorkan @CaniSports I’m with you on Rashford and Saka but to put on Mainoo screams surrender !

His substitutions are his way of talking to the players. He made so many subs and took off the attacking players and midfielder Rice. What other message did you want them to take? It’s his fault stop shifting the blame. He should have put Rashford in for Gordon after taking him off, put in another winger Saka, and replaced Rice with Mainou. Three of the Argentinian back line were already on yellow cards. All he needed was speedy players to come in, put more pressure on them, and maybe draw a foul for an easy penalty. He fucked up bigly last night after the first goal. He panicked and changed the whole tactics.

I dont think Tuchel told anyone to sit back but realised the weak mentality of the squad as they dropped deep and said to himself might as well try and help with the additions that fit this mindset. England players gave up themselves.

@DanAbrahams77 Warriors of international football my arse . It took dodgy decisions to get them past Switzerland and Egypt and all England needed to do was continue to go forward. They didn’t . So Tuchel should have sent on Rashford and Saka . Tim Vickery explains it . Listen to him

No… It wasn’t Thomas Tuchel’s substitutions… Anthony Gordon scored in the 55th minute. The (already) infamous substitutions were made in the 82nd minute. England had a measly 12% possession from the moment the ball hit the Argentinian net. It wasn’t the substitutions that made the difference (although perhaps they didn’t help)…it was the mindset of the England players after they scored. And this happens to England in major tournaments again and again and again and again… So what happened? Performance anxiety… “Don’t be the player to make a mistake” “Let’s just see this through” These aren’t thoughts. They’re feelings. Feelings in the pit of the stomach. Feelings that cascade through the whole body. Feelings that generate hesitancy, inhibition…and in the words of Thomas Tuchel post game, passiveness A Low Intent - energy-back. Arguably the biggest killer in high performance sport is a drop in intent. A couple of months ago I had the honour of being on The Overlap. As I described to Gary, Roy, Ian and Scholesy - “A drop in intent can make great players look very average.” Last night, a drop in intent made the England players, great players, look shockingly poor - an energy-back negatively impacting awareness, anticipation, decision-making, physicality, technical and tactical play. The same happened against Spain in the Euros final 2024 and against Italy in the Euros final against Italy in 2020. And in countless tournaments prior. Energy-back vs Energy-forward… Argentina - energy-forward. Singing their national anthem with gusto. As aggressive in the press and in duels as you’re going to see. Slightly bending the rules. Being nasty…in their opponents’ faces… …competing with so much passion and adoration for each other and with so much want and will and determination that there’s no room for anxieties (fears, uncertainties, doubts)… No room… This is hard to accomplish. Brutally, disgustingly hard. Phenomenally hard. Why? Because striving to play with energy-forward under pressure is so metabolically costly. It requires enormous will-power and tenacity…which needs an enormous amount of energy. It feels horrible. It feels exhausting. That’s why so many teams fail to deliver under pressure. No, it wasn’t Tuchel’s substitutions. It’s a failure to address a national characteristic - a socio-cultural and bio-psychological tendency to play with fear (energy-back) under pressure. This needs to be tackled now for the 2028 Euros and the 2030 World Cup. Plans need to be put in place…mental frameworks need to be laid down. Attention Intensity Intent England (like all nations and like all club teams) need mental frameworks that help players to compete with High Attention; Optimal Intensity; and (most importantly) High Intent under pressure. And there is a behavioural template that shines like a beacon through the fog of complexity in the world game - the Argentinian National Team… …they are, quite simply, the warriors of international football