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International Break Thread

Discussion in 'Sunderland' started by Southern A, Sep 3, 2024.

  1. C Montgomery Burns

    C Montgomery Burns Well-Known Member

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    He might, finally, be getting the credit he deserves. He's been excellent for England and made less mistakes than other high profile keepers. But ever since he first became England's no 1 he's had people trying to strip him of the jersey, not just fans of other teams/rivals, but the media as well. Maybe now they are accepting that he's actually a very good goalkeeper and the best we have available at the minute.
     
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  2. Teessidemackem

    Teessidemackem Well-Known Member

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    I fecking hate the international break. Theres one next month aswell apparently ffs .

    The only thing its good for is giving any injured players like Mundle an extra 2 weeks to recover without missing any games.
     
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  3. Smug in Boots

    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    They're awful when we’re doing badly …

    … worse when we’re doing well with a winnable home match coming up.
     
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  4. Essayyeffcee

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    Bored silly already! The missus is watching one of her programmes on Netflix so I'm checking to see what other stuff the cast have been in - I'm THAT bored!
     
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  5. Teessidemackem

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    I remember when i used to be really passionate about England. Feels like a distant memory now.

    When Tuchel was given the opportunity to manage them i half expected to get some of the passion back again until I saw he was no different to Southgate and other previous managers picking the likes of Jordan Henderson and leaving out younger players that are our future that blatantly deserve to represent their country based from their club form. Wharton and Anderson should have been playing for England ages ago, theyve only just started getting regular call ups.
     
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  6. Oliver's Army

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  7. Smug in Boots

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    What's this about Sadiki limping?

    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="fr" dir="ltr">Noah Sadiki est boiteux <a href=""https://t.co/ub4taFjJ7u">pic.twitter.com/ub4taFjJ7u</a></p>&mdash; (@darealjulz) <a href="">October 11, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="fr" dir="ltr">Noah Sadiki est boiteux <a href=
     
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  8. LD19SAFC

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    No one near Pickford's level IMO.
     
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  10. LD19SAFC

    LD19SAFC Well-Known Member

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    Correct. Pickford has been immense for England. I thought Trafford would push him this season but the Donnarumma signing has killed that
     
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  11. The Legendary Tongue

    The Legendary Tongue Well-Known Member

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    And how many times has he cost England goals with a mistake. Once, ****ing once, and only now is he starting to get any credit. He’s top class and still has years ahead of him.
     
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  12. FellTop

    FellTop Well-Known Member

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    Pickford is absolutely top class. Probably most underrated keeper in the prem.
     
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