Italy v England at the San Siro

Duffman said:
It is so disappointing that Southgate is in charge of England when we have our best potential in many years. His starting 11 tonight is simply awful - how do players who can’t get a club game start for their country? Sadly a couple of hammerings from sub standard Italy and Germany teams might be what we need to come to our senses!
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How is it awful? Aside from Maguire, everyone is first choice for their club and playing well.

Who, pray tell, would you have picked instead?
 
boroboy6872 said:
Well yeh, I guess you could call it that

Relegation though affects seeding for the Euros, so we`ll no doubt face a harder group

Call it what you want but this could harm future tournaments
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Gotta bear the best to be the best.
TeaCider said:
Every single football match is "made up" if you're going to use a daft argument like that.

The same attitude England took for the first 20 years of the World Cup, missing out on 5 opportunities to be world champions because of parochial arrogance.
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Competative games are different to friendlies, beating San Marino in a friendly, then saying we’re gonna win the World Cup would be madness..
the same should be said if it is the other way around.
 
newyddion said:
Gotta bear the best to be the best.

Competative games are different to friendlies, beating San Marino in a friendly, then saying we’re gonna win the World Cup would be madness..
the same should be said if it is the other way around.
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What lose to San Marino and then win the World Cup? That would be ludicrous.
 
TeaCider said:
A relatively new tournament.

Being new doesn't mean it's a friendly.
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”UEFA devised the tournament as a means to eliminate international friendlies” - comes across as a Mickey Mouse tourney. Like the international intertoto league/cup/shield/plaque/laminated a4 print out
 
newyddion said:
”UEFA devised the tournament as a means to eliminate international friendlies” - comes across as a Mickey Mouse tourney. Like the international intertoto league/cup/shield/plaque/laminated a4 print out
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Except up until now we have played top countries rather than cannon fodder we used to pitch up against in friendly games.
 
Cardiffdaffs said:
Except up until now we have played top countries rather than cannon fodder we used to pitch up against in friendly games.
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At least games against cannon fodder, in fact any true friendly, allowed us to experiment and try players before major tournaments without having to worry about 'relegation '.
 
Rofesleg said:
At least games against cannon fodder, in fact any true friendly, allowed us to experiment and try players before major tournaments without having to worry about 'relegation '.
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And people moaned that we were having to miss club football for meaningless friendlies.

The Nations League has been a great addition, just needs to overcome the attitudes of set in their ways fans.
 
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