Off Topic International Break Thread

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If and when Harry and Hugo shake hands tomorrow as captains of England and France, will it be the first time that players from the same team have met as captains of opposing international teams? I would suspect not, but don't know when it has. Perhaps the first time for two players based in England for this?
 
vimhawk said:
If and when Harry and Hugo shake hands tomorrow as captains of England and France, will it be the first time that players from the same team have met as captains of opposing international teams? I would suspect not, but don't know when it has. Perhaps the first time for two players based in England for this?
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Seems unlikely. Some squads have had 7 or more international captains in them.
Beckham captained England when he was at Utd and Real, so I'd be surprised if it didn't happen then, if not well before that.
Still a nice thing to see, though.
 
The RDBD said:
A good thing was that the U20 squad distribution across clubs
was quite good (several clubs including PL, not loads from one club) .

That bodes well for a lot of those kids pushing on from here at the
senior level. However, as was said some are unlikely to get that
opportunity at their current club (the Chelsky kids etc) .
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Quite a lot of Everton players, but that's probably a good thing, as they bring them through.
They'll have added opportunities this season with the Europa League, too.
 
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Dier Hard said:
So after fighting the lad's corner for quite some time, has Onomah's performances for England made some of you begin to believe that he is indeed a very talented lad?

Yes, I'm sitting here feeling very big-headed and yes, once he hits a 30 yard screamer against Arsenal, I will be saying "I told you so".

[HASHTAG]#TeamOnomah[/HASHTAG]

In all seriousness, he and KWP were genuinely brilliant throughout the tournament. With Dembele ageing along with seemingly being less able to play 90 minutes regularly, there's definitely going to be chances for Josh and Winksy to be pushing themselves further into the starting XI contention. As for KWP, I knew he could play LB comfortably but he made it look as though that was his natural position, really impressed me. Really hope to see him given chances in the coming season.

Buzzing for the U20's though, great achievement and was a thoroughly enjoyable final match, the senior squad should've been watching on looking to pick up some tips.
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And here's ten minutes of his performances, if anyone wants to see what Dier Hard's talking about:
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Apologies if someone already mentioned it though I couldn't see anything but as we got caught up celebrating the U20's World Cup win, another England U20 side won the Toulon Tournament, beating Ivory Coast on penalties.

Our CB Japhet Tanganga was a second half sub in the final. So congrats to him and the team, too <ok>.

Good weekend for England U20s!
 
humanbeingincroydon said:
Here is the formation Argentina coach Jorge Sampaoli says they will play in tomorrow's friendly with Singapore

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And it worked: 6-0 at FT with six different players on the score sheet, 36 shots on goal and 80% of possession. <yikes>

Best of all, the first goal was scored by Fazio <yikes><yikes>
 
vimhawk said:
If and when Harry and Hugo shake hands tomorrow as captains of England and France, will it be the first time that players from the same team have met as captains of opposing international teams? I would suspect not, but don't know when it has. Perhaps the first time for two players based in England for this?
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Will Hugo be shaking hands with anyone?
England will be resting their dodgy 'keeper. After his faux pas, France might do the same.
 
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