International Thread Part Trois

Quite possibly. In fact, we've to thank Rupert Lowe quite a lot for driving the business into the ground so that it could go into administration at just the right time. He'd even probably accept the credit for it if offered.

It's one way of looking at it.

 

Sliding Doors.

Pardew would also be in the Wilderness, Lallana playing for Bournemouth, Spiderman would never have played for France and we would have never got to laugh at Louvren.

 

And worst of all we wouldn't have won the JPT

 

Ireland have drawn Bosnia in play offs.

 

Good draw for them I'd say.

Away first

 

Sweden v Denmark


That's a good Derby.

 

Maarten Stekelenburg, Virgil van Dijk and Jordy Clasie all called up to the Holland squad.

That now means all the club's Dutch players - all signed under Koeman - are in the senior squad.


(Eljero Elia is also in there!)

 

To be honest Ron must have been quite close to a call up.

 

Very good Q.

 

Can we wrap Stek in a large duvet for that one?

 

Maarten's call-up also means every member of the starting line-up against Bournemouth is a current and full international.


Starting XI: Holland; Portugal, Portugal, Holland, England; Holland, Kenya, Northern Ireland; Senegal, Italy, Serbia.

Used Substitutes: Japan, Spain U23, England U21 captain.

Unused Substitutes: K. Davis, England, Uruguay, Spain.

 

Poor Kelvin....probably joined us too soon before our players became automatic internationals.

 

Hope Spain ditch the awful Costa in favour of two in-from players from Athletic Bilbao, Inaki Willams and their veteran striker, Aduriz, who has been having the best twelve months of his career.

 

Grealish still not cleared to play for England though we put the papers in in September. FIFA got other things to think about...or just being difficult.

 

Shredded the paperwork by mistake.

 

Probably not enough euros along with the documents to speed the process up a bit.

 

How on earth Aduriz is not in Spain's squad and Costa is, beggars belief? So it is not only in England where reputation and club comes before current form. He has been playing the best football of his career for the past 12 months while Costa's has regressed.

 

Ah, so Yoshida won't be playing against Stoke.

Away games in Singapore and Cambodia.