England

[GrahamHyde]

One rule change I would make is that any player who misses international duty due to injury should automatically have to miss the next club game in full.

You'd see it happen a lot less.

This latest squad is pathetic. 8 drop-outs, seriously?

[Vadiation_Ribe]

Nov 12, 2024 9:57:11 GMT GrahamHyde said:

One rule change I would make is that any player who misses international duty due to injury should automatically have to miss the next club game in full.

You'd see it happen a lot less.

This latest squad is pathetic. 8 drop-outs, seriously?

Kane might agree...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c1jr97r6e7jo

[spiderpuss]

Nov 12, 2024 9:57:11 GMT GrahamHyde said:

One rule change I would make is that any player who misses international duty due to injury should automatically have to miss the next club game in full.

You'd see it happen a lot less.

This latest squad is pathetic. 8 drop-outs, seriously?

I've argued this for a long time. How many of the 8 will be trundling their way straight back into the arsenil team for example. As you say it's pathetic.

[bayernoatcake]

This Nations Cup bollocks is bollocks though.

Fuck it off.

[LphPotter]

Nov 13, 2024 23:05:03 GMT spiderpuss said:

Nov 12, 2024 9:57:11 GMT GrahamHyde said:

One rule change I would make is that any player who misses international duty due to injury should automatically have to miss the next club game in full.

You'd see it happen a lot less.

This latest squad is pathetic. 8 drop-outs, seriously?

I've argued this for a long time. How many of the 8 will be trundling their way straight back into the arsenil team for example. As you say it's pathetic.

It’s 9 now but I would reckon at least 7 will play the next game back. It was always going to happen though with the pressure being put on the players by club managers.

One thing you can’t take away from Kane is how committed he is.

[LphPotter]

Nov 13, 2024 23:05:06 GMT bayernoatcake said:

This Nations Cup bollocks is bollocks though.

Fuck it off.

If the nations league wasn’t a thing there’d still be a break now, it would just be friendlies instead

[GrahamHyde]

I wish we'd actually take this Greece game more seriously to be honest.

We're learning very little through these Group B fixtures so promotion is important to ensure we can start to play the best nations in UEFA.

Definitely feels like a lot of them have just used this intervening period between managers as an excuse to just skive off.

[JoeinOz]

Nov 14, 2024 0:40:09 GMT GrahamHyde said:

I wish we'd actually take this Greece game more seriously to be honest.

We're learning very little through these Group B fixtures so promotion is important to ensure we can start to play the best nations in UEFA.

I agree. They deservedly beat us at Wembo. We really need to settle that score.

[spiderpuss]

Nov 14, 2024 0:18:12 GMT LphPotter said:

Nov 13, 2024 23:05:03 GMT spiderpuss said:

I've argued this for a long time. How many of the 8 will be trundling their way straight back into the arsenil team for example. As you say it's pathetic.

It’s 9 now but I would reckon at least 7 will play the next game back. It was always going to happen though with the pressure being put on the players by club managers.

One thing you can’t take away from Kane is how committed he is.

The rule needs to come ftom UEFA, it would be across the board then.

[thehartshillbadger]

I’ll be watching cricket

[wonderwall]

Nov 14, 2024 7:06:10 GMT thehartshillbadger said:

I’ll be watching cricket

I’ll be doing anything else but watching international football.

It’s absolutely rope.

[lordb]

Nov 13, 2024 23:05:06 GMT bayernoatcake said:

This Nations Cup bollocks is bollocks though.

Fuck it off.

It's miles better than the friendlies which it replaced
If it was binned and they didn't replace the fixtures that's a strong argument but they wouldn't they would just go back to friendlies which is worse

[JoeinOz]

Kane is going to start on the bench. That's daft

[Northy]

Nov 14, 2024 0:40:09 GMT GrahamHyde said:

I wish we'd actually take this Greece game more seriously to be honest.

We're learning very little through these Group B fixtures so promotion is important to ensure we can start to play the best nations in UEFA.

Definitely feels like a lot of them have just used this intervening period between managers as an excuse to just skive off.

I'd have jumped at the chance to escape this shitty weather for a few days away training in a bit of warmth

[FullerMagic]

www.theguardian.com/football/2024/nov/13/harry-kane-says-country-before-club-as-he-hits-out-at-england-withdrawals
Harry Kane is set to be a shock omission from Lee Carsley’s England team for Thursday’s must-win Nations League match against Greece in Athens.

The captain has travelled to the Greek capital and is not believed to have an injury, with the selection news understood to have caused surprise within a dressing room that has been undermined by a flurry of withdrawals.

[tommycarlsberg]

Nov 13, 2024 23:05:03 GMT spiderpuss said:

Nov 12, 2024 9:57:11 GMT GrahamHyde said:

One rule change I would make is that any player who misses international duty due to injury should automatically have to miss the next club game in full.

You'd see it happen a lot less.

This latest squad is pathetic. 8 drop-outs, seriously?

I've argued this for a long time. How many of the 8 will be trundling their way straight back into the arsenil team for example. As you say it's pathetic.

In all honesty, if I was a top pro I couldn’t be fucking arsed with it either.

[GeneralFaye]

Sounds like we're trying to give Mr Tuchel a bit of a mess to inherit.

[davejohnno1]

Nov 14, 2024 8:29:21 GMT FullerMagic said:

www.theguardian.com/football/2024/nov/13/harry-kane-says-country-before-club-as-he-hits-out-at-england-withdrawals
Harry Kane is set to be a shock omission from Lee Carsley’s England team for Thursday’s must-win Nations League match against Greece in Athens.

The captain has travelled to the Greek capital and is not believed to have an injury, with the selection news understood to have caused surprise within a dressing room that has been undermined by a flurry of withdrawals.

Punishment for effectively saying Carsley is weak as piss and has zero clout with the players?

[JoeinOz]

Nov 14, 2024 8:56:28 GMT GeneralFaye said:

Sounds like we're trying to give Mr Tuchel a bit of a mess to inherit.

How'd you make that out?

[Mr_DaftBurger]

Nov 14, 2024 8:28:59 GMT Northy said:

Nov 14, 2024 0:40:09 GMT GrahamHyde said:

I wish we'd actually take this Greece game more seriously to be honest.

We're learning very little through these Group B fixtures so promotion is important to ensure we can start to play the best nations in UEFA.

Definitely feels like a lot of them have just used this intervening period between managers as an excuse to just skive off.

I'd have jumped at the chance to escape this shitty weather for a few days away training in a bit of warmth

It's a great few days away for the fans in November!

[GrahamHyde]

Think Greece are a cracking price to beat us tonight, put a fiver on at 4.33 yesterday (effectively 10/3).

They were by far the better team against us at Wembley, and that was when we had a stronger side out.

[FullerMagic]

[GrahamHyde]

Why is Kane on the bench?

Can't wait for Carsley to fuck off, he's been a disaster.

[thehartshillbadger]

Nov 14, 2024 19:15:41 GMT GrahamHyde said:

Why is Kane on the bench?

Can't wait for Carsley to fuck off, he's been a disaster.

Don’t know if you’ve heard but Kane makes teams worse

[GrahamHyde]

Nov 14, 2024 19:18:23 GMT thehartshillbadger said:

Nov 14, 2024 19:15:41 GMT GrahamHyde said:

Why is Kane on the bench?

Can't wait for Carsley to fuck off, he's been a disaster.

Don’t know if you’ve heard but Kane makes teams worse

Like putting a P.E. teacher in charge of the national team. Woeful.

Basically admitted that they'd trained the formation they'd used against Greece for 20 minutes.

No wonder they all want nothing to do with it.

[ohbottom]

Nov 14, 2024 19:18:23 GMT thehartshillbadger said:

Nov 14, 2024 19:15:41 GMT GrahamHyde said:

Why is Kane on the bench?

Can't wait for Carsley to fuck off, he's been a disaster.

Don’t know if you’ve heard but Kane makes teams worse

Maybe Bayern is actually Carsley. Come to think of it, I've never heard Bayern singing the national anthem

[bigvern]

The national anthem is so excruciatingly painful to watch.

[maninasuitcase]

Nov 14, 2024 19:42:38 GMT bigvern said:

The national anthem is so excruciatingly painful to watch.

Sang by a bunch of passionless wankers.

[wakefieldstokie]

Wouldn’t miss international friendlies one bit. Happily see them scrapped.

A rest could be implemented for league teams and non league could be given some focus, maybe show a couple of games on TV

[bayernoatcake]

Nov 14, 2024 9:32:58 GMT davejohnno1 said:

Nov 14, 2024 8:29:21 GMT FullerMagic said:

www.theguardian.com/football/2024/nov/13/harry-kane-says-country-before-club-as-he-hits-out-at-england-withdrawals
Harry Kane is set to be a shock omission from Lee Carsley’s England team for Thursday’s must-win Nations League match against Greece in Athens.

The captain has travelled to the Greek capital and is not believed to have an injury, with the selection news understood to have caused surprise within a dressing room that has been undermined by a flurry of withdrawals.

Punishment for effectively saying Carsley is weak as piss and has zero clout with the players?

Has he said that?

What a twat.