RE: Football Banter - Mellow - 02-04-2015 14:31
(02-04-2015 09:49 )babelover48 Wrote: Anyone able to put up a copy the letter that's supposedly been signed by 5 former England managers and in full please? I think it would make interesting reading & discussion
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/england/11510448/England-will-never-win-the-World-Cup-without-change-warn-former-managers.html
RE: Football Banter - mikedafc - 02-04-2015 21:54
given another Arsenal player(Wellbeck) got injured playing in a meaningless game for Englànd, I doubt Arsenal andcWenger will back Greg Dykes plan to make 50 % English players in squads
RE: Football Banter - Mr77 - 02-04-2015 22:49
I wouldn't call any qualifier a meaningless game .
RE: Football Banter - terence - 03-04-2015 04:57
^it wasn't a qualifier, it was a friendly.
RE: Football Banter - HannahsPet - 03-04-2015 08:27
Thought wellbeck got injured in the lithuania game
RE: Football Banter - terence - 03-04-2015 09:10
sorry my mistake, thought he played against italy?
RE: Football Banter - HannahsPet - 03-04-2015 09:44
Nah he was withdrawn from italy game think was day after the lithuania game
RE: Football Banter - bytor - 03-04-2015 10:27
(02-04-2015 21:54 )mikedafc Wrote: given another Arsenal player(Wellbeck) got injured playing in a meaningless game for Englànd, I doubt Arsenal andcWenger will back Greg Dykes plan to make 50 % English players in squads
Why would that make a difference. A team with foreign nationals are just as likely to have injuries if they play for their respective national teams surely?
While they are friendlies they are not meaningless. It gives the management team time to analyse strengths and weaknesses, to look at various formations and create opportunities to bed in new players.
I understand your sentiment though. Give me club football any day of the week over internationals. Besides risk of injury they do disrupt the momentum in the league at such a crucial stage.
RE: Football Banter - mikedafc - 03-04-2015 12:37
Listening to pundits and commentators you wouldn't know it was a qualifier. According to them English could have put a reserve team out and still won.
(02-04-2015 22:49 )Mr77 Wrote: I wouldn't call any qualifier a meaningless game .
RE: Football Banter - HannahsPet - 04-04-2015 13:38
Thanks to the gunners 4-1 against Liverpool bring on wednesday
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