Pointless friendless

So I suppose Saka and Gabriel will be out at the weekend due to their injuries that kept them out of the internationals.?

comment by Glazers Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 41 minutes ago
comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 3 hours, 7 minutes ago
Why play Rice and Foden for 180 minutes in friendlies?

Isn’t Southgate aware of what they’re capable of yet?
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Foden isn't ripping up trees for England though Boris. 4 goals in 35 caps.

Maybe he's trying to get him some confidence in an England shirt.
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He wasnt great last night, not at his City levels.

But it was poor that Maddison got 20 minutes over the 2 games, and Palmer zero, when they could have replaced Foden or Bellingham a lot earlier, in both games.

comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 1 hour, 14 minutes ago
comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 1 hour, 34 minutes ago
comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 52 minutes ago
Did Foden play for 180 mins as well?
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Yes
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Oh! Didn't notice.
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comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 4 minutes ago
So I suppose Saka and Gabriel will be out at the weekend due to their injuries that kept them out of the internationals.?
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Hopefully not, hopefully they've had enough time to recuperate, apparently both had been playing through an injury, Southgate already knows about Saka.

Gabrielle is the worry, no way he would quit if it wasn't a true injury, he's still fighting for his place in the Brazil squad

comment by Baz tard - Ineos your face, proud owner of the 100k comment, fack you Michael Edward’s and your 5m, th (U19119)
posted 20 minutes ago
Losing the International breaks during the season means the league can resume in Sept giving an extra month for qualifiers to be played during the spring/summer months.


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I like international breaks the PL gets boring
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I like football to matter which why I watched the Wales game last night.

There are many things wrong with the Prem (look at the current mess surrounding ffp) but boring it most certainly isn't.

Spurs generally cause me nothing but frustration and pain but give me that over the empty nothingness of an International friendly.

I think the timing of these games is crazy, why not finish the season a week or two earlier and have friendlies after the end of the club season?

comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 1 hour, 13 minutes ago
comment by Glazers Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 41 minutes ago
comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 3 hours, 7 minutes ago
Why play Rice and Foden for 180 minutes in friendlies?

Isn’t Southgate aware of what they’re capable of yet?
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Foden isn't ripping up trees for England though Boris. 4 goals in 35 caps.

Maybe he's trying to get him some confidence in an England shirt.
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He wasnt great last night, not at his City levels.

But it was poor that Maddison got 20 minutes over the 2 games, and Palmer zero, when they could have replaced Foden or Bellingham a lot earlier, in both games.
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Palmer was injured. He'd have definitely played some mins and probably started one of the two games otherwise. I think he wasn't played as a precaution.

Yet he started John Stones

Cole Palmer didn't get a look in...should be fresh for Burnley then...FF Capt this week

there's no pointless friendlies, thats bs