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Missed out duk, couldn’t stand him as a player, even in the season he scored goals. Selfish individual who didn’t give two shits about the team, his teammates, or the club. A player who would be very hard to play with. As bad if not worse than karlsson, no thanks.

It’s out of boredom I’m debating, where are the rumors and links to new signings?? I’m quite happy if olusanya doesn’t come back if we find someone better. But, like others I’ll discuss, he is a good option to have off the bench. id say olusanya is a forward, prob best in a two man front line. Morris is a winger, id say karlsson is a left midfielder/winger, so no comparisons there. At the same time, Morris was awful first season here, so olusanya maybe did more. dabbagh was very limited, scored some, but what else did he do? Id argue olusanya offers more and with a full preseason and a more settled team we may see more goals. i liked sokler, just didn’t work out for him. Perhaps he’s better than olusanya, but I do think the latter has had the bigger impact in games. Sokler was non existent far too often. gueye isn’t a forward either, more a 10 or wide. He was awful initially hence the loan out. So olusanya certainly did more first season. If he returns then time will tell to see how the second season plays out, but Olusanya had an impact in multiple games, the odd goal, assist, penalty won, sending off etc, arguable did more than gueye did. Morris and gueye weren’t great players, but because we’ve been so shit they’ve been missed. Morris wasn’t very good at all first season, but finally figured out how to use his pace and get assists. We cashed both in at the right time, we saw them at their worst and their best. olusanya has potential, with a preseason and some better players we may see more. But maybe not, and I don’t care if he’s not back. I’m certainly not a big fan but he’s taken some stick when he did play a part in as getting points and keeping us up this season. so back to my initial point, I’d put him behind bojan, nisbet, and Ramirez as proper forwards we’ve had over the last 5 years. That’s sad to say obviously, especially given we currently have lazetic yengi and Ambrose who all cost money (wages and or fees).

Any word on the two Moroccans felled against Norway last night?

I’m not liking that you’ve quoted it as I planned to go back and edit retrospectively after the fact

Tickets on sale for out two home matches, against Queens and Kelty. Adult prices are £17. Hopefully I can muster up some enthusiasm for these games by next month, as really can't be arsed with fitba at the moment.

Oh, my mistake. That is pretty formidable. I reckon Jim Leighton would rather face the creature from the black lagoon!

Have a wonderful trip

Well you mentioned Duk and Karlsson in your initial post so I'll discount them since you did. While none of them were amazing, I'd say Sokler, Dabbagh and Gueye were all better than Olusanya. Gueye probably wasn't a legit forward, but neither is Olusanya. In terms of a goal scorer, he hasn't been that good. Dabbagh and Gueye - granted I haven't checked - likely had better goals per minute ratios. In terms of impact on the team, he's shown a bit of potential there, but Gueye did more for a longer period of time. You'd be better off comparing him to Shayden Morris, as he'll likely be at his best (if signed) as an impact player off the bench. I don't think he has enough about him to have a consistent run of form.

Just getting my suitcase packed just now. We leave for London tomorrow afternoon then onto Boston Wednesday morning. Feel remarkably calm about it at the moment given how long I've waited for this opportunity but I bet I don't sleep too well tonight or tomorrow.

I was 19 and a student, I really wanted to go but just couldn't afford it. Like so many other people of my generation I just thought "I'll just go to the next one" and given we had qualified for 4 of the 5 tournaments in the 90s I didn't think I would be waiting this long. Watched all games in the pub with pals. My lasting memory of the tournament was my frustration at Brown's obsession with playing Burley at rwb with Darren Jackson behind the strikers when Burley clearly should have been there and Macnamara at rwb. Also, why the fuck would you take Jackson and not Eoin Jess

Well there’s that but more ability wise. Mbappe up front with Doue, Dembele and Olise behind him.

Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly

What, as in they are like werewolves and mummies and stuff?

French front 4 is frightening.

Withdrawn from squad and replaced by Ederson.

Jurrien Timbers withdraws from Dutch squad due to injury.

France v Northern Ireland on BBC3 now. Some rendition of La Marseillaise by French fans.

I'm not liking this

Winner - Frogs Golden Boot - Somebody who scores a heap of goals against a diddy team Scotland - oot in the 1st round as usual

I was 25, living in Nashville and working in ‘soccer’ full time. Fun city and fun time in life. Saying that, was in the process of packing for Los Angeles and a big move that summer. dont remember a lot but I do remember being asked multiple times about burley and leighton missing team, and that being a norm in Scotland. Also remember being gutted to lose to Morocco, a very similar feeling to losing to Costa Rica in 1990. Hoping to avoid that feeling this time around.

Dodgy- Good Enough

I was 26.............which makes me feel really old now, as I thought I was 18 or 19!!!! I don't remember much. I do remember thinking we would finally get out of a group stage. Then being not in the least bit surprised when we didn't. Then enjoyong the rest of the tournament without the added worry of how we were getting on. And being able to enjoy all the games at a decent time. I also remember not remembering much as I was watching the bulk of it pissed at various friends flats. I gave more of a hoot about international football then.

Cher - Strong Enough

Labi Siffre - (Something Inside) So Strong

Steve Clarke called off a kickabout against Norway for fear of injuries, now the Norwegian boss says he's "unprofessional". He wouldn't have said that if Haaland picked up a knock in the game. They can just play with themselves instead.