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[Surely there's a left sided Fullback in England rather than pinning all their hopes on a perennially injured Luke Shaw]

Belgium should be there or there abouts as well given the players they have, but seem to fill the togs at tournaments...

Surely there's a left sided Fullback in England rather than pinning all their hopes on a perennially injured Luke ShawI was surprised Mitchell from palace wasn't in the 33.  Gomez and Trippier don't give great balance if Shaw is injured or not really up to speed fitness wise. 

Both Branthwaite and Quansa (Liverpool) invited to the extended panel, maybe to put pressure on Maguire, but one of the two need to go as I think Stones is first choice, it's just a matter of who he's paired with, but Southgate has traditionally stuck with the tried and tested Maguire no matter how shíte he's been with Utd.

Portugal are another side with an incredible squad.

Whether Martinez can get the best out of them is another question.

And is Ronaldo a hindrance?

Goalkeepers: Diogo Costa (Porto), Jose Sa (Wolves), Rui Patricio (AS Roma)

Defenders: Antonio Silva (Benfica), Danilo Pereira (Paris St Germain), Diogo Dalot (Manchester United), Goncalo Inacio (Sporting), Joao Cancelo (Barcelona), Nelson Semedo (Wolves), Nuno Mendes (PSG), Pepe (Porto), Ruben Dias (Manchester City)

Midfielders: Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United), Joao Neves (Benfica), Joao Palhinha (Fulham), Otavio Monteiro (Al Nassr), Ruben Neves (Al-Hilal), Vitinha (PSG)

Forwards: Bernardo Silva (Manchester City), Cristiano Ronaldo (Al Nassr), Diogo Jota (Liverpool), Francisco Conceicao (Porto), Goncalo Ramos (PSG), Joao Felix (Barcelona), Pedro Neto (Wolves), Rafael Leao (AC Milan).

Decent alright. 

Always good to have a tournament on in the summer for a few weeks.England pre tournament favourites but think they have issues at centre half and left back which will winder their progress.Germans on home soil and France should be difficult to beat.

Pochettino goes. The circus is back in town

How many different managers is that now under Todd Boehly? Pochettino never looked like a good fit for a club that are seeking instant success. 

He had a decent end to season and looked to have them moving right way.Not having nkunku, James and chilwell most of the season didn't help things.

That Tyrone no 11 is a good footballer.

quality.would imagine being drafted into senior panel potential be best 11 since mcguigan.

Comers ankle is the big worry going forward.
He had a bad ankle injury a few years back that took him a long time to recover from.
It was a dirty dirty act.
Against 14 men or not - it was a decent performer from our lads.

mckinless would be known for ill discipline stupid and needless act.

Ulster not as strong as it has been hyped up to be. Both Derry and Cavan put to the sword, and believe me both Galway and Mayo are no great shakes.

I would say competitive not strong.

This Slot fella is doomed to failure, has too big of an ego announcing himself as the new manager

Wasn't the most humble thing to do, could have let Klopp gad big send off and club normally announce manager not ideal start.The Dutch can be a strange bunch.

City's PL form since the turn of the year:

P18 W15 D3 L0

Regular as clockwork.

Draws with Liverpool and Arsenal. Not sure on the other.

1-1 with Chelsea at home. 


Arsenal will likely look back on that draw against City now, a match they played defensive in and never really pushed for the win.

Dont agree with that any team will take a point at City before game starts bad losses to Fulham and Villa are what has put them in this position. May not be over though, the Aguerooo moment City needed to win against a rank bad QPR team and tried their best to make a meal of it.  West Ham probably owe it to Moyes to put in a performance last day and they do have some quality at top end of pitch.

One for you Mayo ones - whats the deal with Stephen Coen? From watching Mayo over the years I can't see what he brings to the Mayo team and for an average player imo, he seems to play every single game.

I would agree he seemed to be a bit of a household player at Colleges level and gets regular starts in variety of positions not really sure what his strengths are/ role is within the Mayo setup. 

Whats the thoughts on Kerry/Monaghan Kerry have looked off it so far, Monaghan not being talked about at all which makes them a dangerous proposition expect Monaghan to give this a real go but come up short. 

Mayo team two changes from the Connacht final starting team with Diarmuid O'Connor and Darren McHale coming in for Rory Brickenden and Fergal Boland. Paddy Durcan back from injury named among the subs.

Colm Reape
Jack Coyne, David McBrien, Donnacha McHugh
Stephen Coen, Sam Callinan, Eoghan McLaughlin
Mattie Ruane, Diarmuid O'Connor
Jack Carney, Darren McHale, Jordan Flynn
Aidan O'Shea, Tommy Conroy, Ryan O'Donoghue.

Subs: Rob Hennelly, Fergal Boland, Rory Brickenden, Paddy Durcan, Enda Hession, Conor Loftus, Conor McStay, Cillian O'Connor, Padraig O'Hora, Paul Towey, Bob Tuohy.


Cavan three changes from the extra time loss to Tyrone.  With L Fortune,P Lynch,C Madden out and in J Smith,Cormac O'Reilly, Caoimhín O'Reilly.

Gary O'Rourke
Cian Reilly, Killian Brady, Brian O'Connell
Padraig Faulkner, Niall Carolan, Conor Brady
James Smith, Oisín Kiernan
Ciarán Brady, Gerard Smith, Oisin Kiernan
Oisín Brady, Cormac O'Reilly, Caoimhín O'Reilly.

Subs: Liam Brady, Mark Magee, Luke Fortune, Paddy Meade, Killian Clarke, Ryan Brady, Conor Rehill, Jason McLoughlin, Tiarnan Madden, Cian Madden, Darragh Lovet

Surprised Boland dropped he was one of the real positives for Mayo year to date. 

Galway team apart from Tierney,McDaid that would likely be Galway's strongest 15.

Connor Gleeson
Johnny McGrath, Seán Fitzgerald, Jack Glynn
Dylan McHugh, John Daly, Liam Silke
Paul Conroy, Seán Kelly;
Johnny Heaney John Maher, Céin Darcy
Rob Finnerty, Damien Comer, Shane Walsh.

Subs: Conor Flaherty, Seán Ó Maolchiaráin, Eoghan Kelly, Daniel O'Flaherty, Cian Hernon, Patrick Egan, Kieran Molloy, Liam Ó Conghaile, Cillian Ó Curraoin, Matthew Tierney, Cillian McDaid.

Think the bookies may have got this one wrong 6/4 Galway playing at home with all their main men coming back and good record v Derry, who for the first time in a couple of years their squad is being tested due to injuries should make for very interesting game.

Paudi McGrogan - ACL, Season over.
Niall Loughlin got an opp this week, season over?
Eoin McEvoy out with hamstring injury.
Conor Doc out
Murphy not back on 26 yet, still injured.
Chrissy & Rogers were doubtful, but looks like they will play.
A few other rumours but nothing confirmed.

Matthew Downey, Jack Cassidy, Conleith McGuckain all left the panel in recent weeks.

After league Dan Higgins, Callum & Enda Downey, Conor McGrogan, Oisin McWIlliams & Ben McCarron were all cut off panel - before team holiday to Portugal.

2 u20's called up since their defeat. Ruairi Forbes & McDermott - Both straight onto the panel for tomorrows game.


That seems to be the lay of the land at the minute. Derry's panel getting thinner, after looking like t was bulking up earlier in the season. Another injury or 2 would seriously derail us, especially if it's to the likes of Rogers who is carrying a hamstring injury at the minute.


From the League Final panel where we were all getting optimistic about Derry's panel finally looking strong we will be missing 7 of the 26.
4 Starters - McEvoy, Doherty, McGrogan, Loughlin
3 Subs - Matthew Downey, Conleith McGuckain, Cormac Murphy.

Would it be a concern the number of players leaving panel mid season, seems to be alot especially given the number of injuries Derry have at moment?

Very impressed with Arsenal this season and that's without a decepnt keeper, left back, striker and left winger. They bring in quality in those positions (Timber might be good enough for LB) they could definitely push on next year

Trossard had a decent season when played on the left 12 goals from 17 starts in league.  Raya definetely helped by how solid arsenal where in front of him.