International Break Thread

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Joe Hart is no better then Robbo, both have gone through spells of looking superb, both look dodgy on long shots and both been England number 1, hopefully Hart will also lose his England spot and end up being discarded from any top premier league team!

Shame Robbo lost his confidence as he absolutely loved spurs and we loved him but these keepers are mental! SC will know that!
 
French footballer trapped in Qatar asks Guardiola and Zidane for help

http://www.theguardian.com/football...r-pep-guardiola-zinedine-zidane-qatar-trapped

Zahir Belounis, the French professional footballer trapped in Qatar under its controversial labour laws, has written an impassioned plea to the former 2022 World Cup ambassadors Zinedine Zidane and Pep Guardiola asking them to intervene on his behalf. The 33-year-old has not been allowed back to France since June 2012 because he has been embroiled in a legal dispute with his former club al-Jaish, who play in the Qatar Stars League, over two years' unpaid wages.

Under the kafala system that ties employees to their "sponsors", migrant workers can not leave the Gulf state unless their employer agrees and Belounis has been left in limbo in Doha with his wife and two daughters. In the letter to Zidane and Guardiola, who were both active ambassadors for the Qatar 2022 World Cup bid, Belounis says he has been "living a nightmare" in recent months due to a system that is "slowly killing me". He warns that "hundreds if not thousands" of others are suffering the same way and appeals to them as "fathers and former footballers" to do all they can to help him escape Qatar.
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Nice, not paid his wages and forced to stay! where is RobSpur ? <laugh>
 
Well I am really looking forward to watching Gylfi playoff against Modric. I've got my Modric voodoo doll out and have been sticking pins in it all week. Of course Iceland will end up getting hammered, but I would love it if Iceland knocked out Croatia.

Incidentally, GDS didn't score because he was in Europe. Mexico's new manager (4th in 5 games!) decided he'd just go with his Club America team plus a few others, and the result was a cohesive team who easily outclassed the all-black all-whites, who surely deserved to lose playing in that color.

notsosmartspur said:
Chile are a dark horse Thor, they've been very good with some very good technical play, you wouldn't want to play them in a meaningful game. They've only lost one game in the last dozen in 2013, having beaten Uruguay, and drawn with Brazil and Spain in that spell, it'll be a good test. Barcelona's in form striker Alexis Sanchez is Chilean. <ok>

Portugal v Sweden is probably worth a watch, or should I say Ronaldo v Ibrahimovich.
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I watched Chile dominate Spain in Spain. Spain managed to get a late goal for an undeserved tie. They're a very good dark horse. England have done well lately against strong teams, so they certainly have a chance, but Chile have looked in a different class. Incidentally, Chile is my model of how I want a team to play: spend the entire team pressing when you don't have the ball, and trying to score quickly when you do. They'll be one of the best teams to watch at the world cup. Because they were robbed at Colombia, they won't be seeded, so they'll probably end up with Spain in their group and Brazil in the first knockout stage, like they did last time.

Someone should give out an award for the shabbiest effort at pretending to be hurt to miss a friendly.
 
I was just thinking...in a way the International break can be good in one way.At least it will save a tidy sum staying at home instead of spending a bomb on match tickets,travelling money,food money,beer money(?).....have I missed anything?
 
bigsmithy9 said:
I was just thinking...in a way the International break can be good in one way.At least it will save a tidy sum staying at home instead of spending a bomb on match tickets,travelling money,food money,beer money(?).....have I missed anything?
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Why not take a chance of going to see a non-league game,i'm going to Watch Sutton v Havant& Waterlooville,in the FA Trophy
 
It was only 18 months ago that Hart was mentioned in the same breath as Kompany as one of those players who was key to City winning the title and who they couldn't do without. But when some players win things, they get the taste for winning and are driven to keep up their standards or improve them; others breathe a sigh of relief, think to themselves "I've done it" and become complacent. Hart would seem to fall into the latter category from his performces last season and this. He's not suddenly become a bad 'keeper, just one who isn't as focused and resolute as he should be.
 
littleDinosaurLuke said:
It was only 18 months ago that Hart was mentioned in the same breath as Kompany as one of those players who was key to City winning the title and who they couldn't do without. But when some players win things, they get the taste for winning and are driven to keep up their standards or improve them; others breathe a sigh of relief, think to themselves "I've done it" and become complacent. Hart would seem to fall into the latter category from his performces last season and this. He's not suddenly become a bad 'keeper, just one who isn't as focused and resolute as he should be.
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He has always had the clown aspect in him, in terms of being a keeper, now his confidence is shot he has turned into a bad keeper, just we won't know if its long term or just a blip.
 
PleaseNotPoll said:
Yeah, I saw that somewhere the other day. Some journalist had to persuade the guy not to kill himself. Disgusting.
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It's unbelievable a law like that could exist. Migrant workers forced to sign away their rights over unpaid wages. Even if they aren't worked to death, they can be driven to suicide, like with what you mentioned. Hopefully this guy can find a solution but that's just a minor solution in a large human right problem which is a form of slavery.
 
Boss said:
Joe Hart is no better then Robbo, both have gone through spells of looking superb, both look dodgy on long shots and both been England number 1, hopefully Hart will also lose his England spot and end up being discarded from any top premier league team!

Shame Robbo lost his confidence as he absolutely loved spurs and we loved him but these keepers are mental! SC will know that!
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I take it you're not a fan of Hart, Boss ???
 
O.Spurcat said:
I take it you're not a fan of Hart, Boss ???
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Not in the slightest :smile:, each time he screws up and walks back to goal talking to himself , I'm thinking "what do you expect you wee prick, act like a clown and you will be left red faced"........and thats me being polite!
 
I can remember in the old days players would be,in some cases,lucky to get an international cap.
Bill Nick and George Robb come to mind.One cap each....and Bill scored for England in the first few minutes and like George,never played again!
Today players can fill their pillows with caps galore....and they don't have to be special either!
 
bigsmithy9 said:
I can remember in the old days players would be,in some cases,lucky to get an international cap.
Bill Nick and George Robb come to mind.One cap each....and Bill scored for England in the first few minutes and like George,never played again!
Today players can fill their pillows with caps galore....and they don't have to be special either!
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Famously Steve Perryman also only earned one cap, compared to say Carlton Palmer's 18 caps. Go figure.
 
Considering how his face turned out, you have to wonder who Mrs Johnson was sleeping with.
 
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