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Post by 183blue on Jun 3, 2024 20:20:29 GMT
Just got booked. Minus £10m.
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Post by Big Brother on Jun 3, 2024 20:29:01 GMT
Great finish from Alexander-Arnold. JB's first cap will be a victorious one (albeit with a yellow card to his name).
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Post by heyheyalanshoulder on Jun 3, 2024 20:29:53 GMT
Well deserved cap. Good luck to the lad. Gr£at to s££ I £ee what you did
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Post by smoggyblue on Jun 3, 2024 20:41:35 GMT
Southgate must see him as an airiel threat, he was up for every set piece.
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Post by crunchblue on Jun 3, 2024 20:43:57 GMT
Whilst he had no defending to do, he showed on the ball why he’s different level to Maguire. His feet are miles quicker and his passing was sharp and precise.
But I still don’t think he’ll go. Southgate will opt for experience while the likes of Spain take a 17yr old centre back and a 16yr old winger because if they are good enough they are old enough.
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Post by Big Brother on Jun 3, 2024 20:51:49 GMT
He took two defenders with him when he moved to the near post, freeing up a little space behind him. Needs to be on that plane.
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Post by gob Bluth on Jun 3, 2024 20:58:55 GMT
Presume an international cap will trigger a payment to us? If it’s 100k or so we should just ask for some decent loans for next season.
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Post by parcelpete on Jun 3, 2024 21:10:16 GMT
Always looks for a forward pass,still think he will be left at home though.
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Post by topstepwhinger on Jun 3, 2024 22:07:06 GMT
Southgate will probably leave him behind, but you can see even from his short cameo that he can play. He can attack the ball when he needs to, looks calm on the ball, and is always looking to pass forward. But the best thing for me is the way he pings the ball forward...none of those short bobbly passes that put midfielders under pressure or forces them to just give it back, but the type of passes that creative talents love to take on the half turn. Southgate should ask his forward thinking players which centre backs they prefer to be receiving the ball from, Maguire, Dunk, Guehi, Konsa, Gomez....or Branthwaite. Oh, and he is also left footed.
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Post by dentonblues on Jun 3, 2024 22:21:28 GMT
Great to see him get his first cap tonight.
At the end he was walking around with Trafford applauding fans when he spotted a CUFC flag in the Milburn stand and pointed over to it.
Plenty of blues there tonight for a local international game.
Move to Old Trafford likely to boost the sell on clause aswell as tonight's international cap trigger.
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Post by vallery on Jun 3, 2024 22:24:28 GMT
Presume an international cap will trigger a payment to us? If it’s 100k or so we should just ask for some decent loans for next season. Everton might actually go for that, given that they're skint. Wonder if we've had anyone scouting their reserves/under 23s or whatever they call them now? Or is that asking too much?
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Post by dstander on Jun 3, 2024 23:19:52 GMT
Don’t think Branthwaite will make the squad personally, I think Southgate sees him as one for the next WC, along with the likes of Eze, Quansah and Wharton. Rightly or wrongly he’ll go with the PL experience of Dunk, probably around 250+ PL games, as opposed to Branthwaite’s 40 odd.
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Post by bstandbob on Jun 4, 2024 4:18:56 GMT
Whilst he had no defending to do, he showed on the ball why he’s different level to Maguire. His feet are miles quicker and his passing was sharp and precise. But I still don’t think he’ll go. Southgate will opt for experience while the likes of Spain take a 17yr old centre back and a 16yr old winger because if they are good enough they are old enough. Totally agree crunch, he's constantly asking for the ball as well. When he receives it's he's looking to play quickly and if there is a progressive option he will play it. Other than Stones non of the other CBs give us this, also causes havoc at the other end due to his height. Considering our situation with left sided defenders I think Southgate would be crazy to leave someone who has performed so well in almost every game this season out.
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Post by heilkmoon on Jun 4, 2024 7:12:43 GMT
Dunk always looks like an own goal candidate to me. Plucky, earnest, wholehearted but just a bit clumsy in the Richard Dunne and Richard Keogh mould.
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Post by blencathra on Jun 4, 2024 8:12:31 GMT
I know we are probably biased but I do agree with others that he should be taken to the Euros. England always play better when the ball is passed swiftly to our midfield and forwards. Branthwaite does this well unlike most of his rivals. Southgate will likely go for experience but I feel he is missing a trick. Branthwaite is used to playing with Pickford, is good in the air and knows when to put his foot in. If he continues to improve I'd be surprised if he isn't a mainstay in the squad for the World Cup in two years time.
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