Doubt he will but think Watkins deserves a crack at starting.
Much more mobile than Kane.2 halves chalk & cheese.

imagine how good watkins would be if he cut holes in the back of his socks ...

watkins scores

No reason why we should fear the Spanish.
Let them worry about our players.

Safegate has been lucky, but who cares? - just win baby!!!

1945 - 4th July Labour landside,.... england conquer europe
2024 - 4th July Labour landside..... ?????????????????

Thebetterbettor...

War in Europe was over by July 45, Labour win a backlash to the war and/or Churchill

England made the final 4 out of the last 5 finals

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"Spain will be relieved when Watkins & Palmer start on the bench."  Best post on the thread

we have an afternoon dinner on a sunday and my sisters coming round so i asked uefa for a later kick off and they kindly obliged.....

Winja 11 Jul 24 07:41 
we have an afternoon dinner on a sunday and my sisters coming round so i asked uefa for a later kick off and they kindly obliged..

STUDS STRAIGHT RED IMO

It's a penalty, and if it happens again in final can expect another one
whichever way it goes.

Quite why defender is allowed free shot at attacker
just because he has already fired a shot off is baffling.

Dive in at full back clearing ball in corner is a foul
and a yellow.

The fact is there are dozens of incidents in penalty areas every game for which a penalty can be given by VAR.

If the big clubs are going to get favourable decisions then the days of making money by laying heavy favourites may be over.

AI next. No appeal. AI is being applied in the NHS eg reading/determining x-rays in CT and MRI scans for a more immediate and accurate diagnosis; the time issue could be vital for the patient.

In comparison football is only a game - swings and roundabouts; you win some, you lose some.

It was a coming together, not a pen. Defender didn't impede Kane taking his shot, didn't go for the ball but went to block it instead. If he'd gone for the ball and caught Kane before he kicked it then pen.

Kane kicked his foot and all the force and most of the movement came from Kane. If the defender was smart he would have gone down like Kane did, feigning injury. Kane got up 2 mins later and took the pen with the same foot. He is well known for going down like this. But even more strange than the pen decision itself was the VAR decision to get involved. There was no clear and obvious error.

Two issues here.

1) The defender if knowing/sensing the ball had left Kane's foot ought not to have put his foot in the direction of
   Kane's foot post the ball leaving Kane's foot, instead acknowledging the trajectory of Kane's action esp Kane's foot.
2) The defender's action was late - too late. And, a contact was made; the defender left had deliberately left his foot
   in the trajectory of Kane's foot intending to probably intimate or obstruct Kane's action. But, his action is too late.

Kane's foot was obviously hurt, he hit the ball at full force, someone elses foot his his at the same time, you're going to feel pain, it's pain not broken bones or swelling, so a couple of minutes is about right to be feeling good again.