Off Topic International Break Thread

Did you take all the letters in my post to make that sentence, a bit like scrabble?
It certainly didn't say that when I posted it

 

You said that players who started against Germany wouldn't start the international. Defoe did not start against Germany, nor did he come off the bench. So doesn't that mean he's being kept fresh for the international?

So it's not just everyone else's posts you miss the point of - you manage to miss the point of your own as well!

 

Ben Gibson has been called up to the England squad, due to Chris Smalling being told not to play by Mourinho. Allegedly.
He's had a good season. Wouldn't surprise me to see him stay in the Premier League, even if Boro don't.

 

Fixed for you!

 

Hoping to catch the Ireland v Wales game. Its got potential.

 

Eric Cantons says John Stones was so expensive because he came with a fully equipped trailer he pulls behind him.

 

Ireland 0-0 Wales HT. Rather dull. Not even any real chances of note.

 

And Bale looking exceptionally scruffy.

 

What's with the music ?

Mary Hopkin and "Those were the days" and now "Yellow Submarine". How odd.

 

Taylor sent off. Wales seem to be losing it, for some reason. Really bad one.
Ramsey kicked Whelan in the face, then Bale went in on O'Shea. Don't know where this has come from.

 

Bale lucky to escape with only a yellow.

Seconds later, Taylor sent off for GBH on Seamus Colman.

 

Coleman stretchered off. Looks a bad one. Could be a big blow for Everton.

 

That is awful. Coleman's a top player and not deserving of that.

 

All that talk on the PL boards by the gobshites saying get Real Madrid
will sell him to Chelsky has obviously wound Bale right up.

 

Bale lucky to avoid a 2nd yellow, as he boots McClean in the midriff.
Then he makes a trademark bursting run and sends a shot inches wide.

 

Croatia leading 1-0 against Ukraine in stoppage time

...or to put it another way, Tottenham-linked midfielder Milan Badelj has played 90 minutes, while Tottenham-linked midfielder Marcelo Brozovic has played 90 minutes, and Tottenham-linked midfielder Mateo Kovacic came on as a 79th minute sub - although the lack of Tottenham-linked midfielder Ante Coric raised some eyebrows.

 

0-0 FT. Serbia go top of the group and Austria close the gap to Wales with a narrow win.

Coleman's leg looked to be badly broken. Terrible for him, Everton and Ireland.
Hope he recovers quickly. Maybe the start of next season, if all goes well.

 

Zaha making Russia look like a right bunch of mugs, scoring for Ivory Coast in a 2-0 win:

Brilliant goal, to be fair.

 

One of my Palace supporting mates says he's desperate to join us. I've heard Palace could be interested in Sissoko.

Actually, I read the second bit on a clickbait site that knew how to get Spurs fans' attention and obviously, discounted it completely as rampant nonsense...but there's always hope.

 

I hope that we don't sign him, honestly. I think he'd be another wasted winger.
N'Jie, N'Koudou and Sissoko, if you count him, haven't exactly set the world alight.

Always strikes me as having a lot of talent, but not knowing exactly what he's supposed to do with it.
Dives too much and I'm not sure he's got the right mentality for Pochettino's style of play, either.