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• Sports hotel with bars and restaurants away from the paying guests and a first floor huge gym for all year round income. I couldn’t see any other sports being attracted other than the hotel having a huge room for darts, wedding receptions, world table tennis championships etc. Would not make sense to have another smaller stadium for the women’s team, they don’t fill Walton Park. GP should be flattened to provide housing, this will also help the businesses that will lose the football trade....
  Ralph Basnett in Everton looking to buy Nelson Dock
• Kieran # 48, agree with all of that. It is a strange squad to have picked - and disappointing too as a statement of intent. I was just picking up on the age of the Spain squad that won the Euros. Yamal was young of course (and ridiculously good) but the Spain squad (25.9) overall was marginally older than the England squad (25). Spain didn't win the tournament because they were brave with youth. ...
  Robert Tressell in Tuchel drops Branthwaite from England Squad
• Even this "roster" (sic) has a better chance than the Yanks "roster" (sic) of getting out of the group stage in an over-extended tournament....
  Paul Ferry in Tuchel drops Branthwaite from England Squad
• Mike Maybe but only because the bloated WC has so many teams. ...
  Kieran Kinsella in Tuchel drops Branthwaite from England Squad
• Does anybody think this roster gets out of the group stage next summer?...
  Mike Gaynes in Tuchel drops Branthwaite from England Squad
• Robert This squad though smacks of Capello. Remember in 2010 he loaded up on “experienced old pros” with minimal England appearances like Carragher and Upson, even tried to talk Scholes out of retirement? Likewise Keegan in 2000 brought back Ince and 30 something Wise to bring experience to the squad? Each time it was a disaster. It’s one thing if you have an older player who’s the best in his position and still playing at a high level eg Young in 2018, Pirlo in 2006. But we can’t claim Hendo is playing at a high level or has been since he left the RS. The other thing that bothered me was Tuchel harping on about his great phone calls with these two old timers convincing him they were the men he needed. If talking a good game meant anything then Nicolas Bentner was Lionel Messi. Tarkowski is by all accounts a natural leader, positive role model and competent player but I don’t see even many Everton fans arguing those qualities should seem him selected for England but that...
  Kieran Kinsella in Tuchel drops Branthwaite from England Squad