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Discussion in 'Tottenham Hotspur' started by PleaseNotPoll, Oct 3, 2016.

  1. yidokev

    yidokev Active Member

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    he can, join a big club
     
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    Also, don't get convicted for various criminal offences. I think that's what's stopped him, to be honest.

    Southgate could always call up England's second best right-back:
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    I guess he thinks that Smalling can cover there so why tax his minute brain any further by having to consider players outside of the usual suspects. The FA and England managers just seem to read the rags and base their selections on that. "Ooh! Look Keane is in the news! Thought he retired? Oh! He's English and not called Roy! I'll pick him."
     
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    Remember how in the mid-90s everyone mocked the Republic of Ireland for selecting players who were about as Irish as someone wearing an oversized Guinness hat on St Patrick's Day?

    Where's the mockery for The FA recently trying to convince CCV and Moussa Dembele: Celtic Edition to switch their allegiances to England?
     
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    redwhiteandermblue Well-Known Member

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    See if he can get Dier hurt as well. :headbang:
     
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  6. PleaseNotPoll

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    Son has continued his scoring run, grabbing the winner in a 3-2 victory for Korea over Qatar:


    Lots of comments about the ref below the video. Suggestions that he's as bought as Qatar's World Cup.
    I can see why he gave their penalty, though.
     
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    Me too<cheers>
     
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    Did he really have to dab when celebrating though?
     
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    No, it's ok, you don't have to piss off too, Lidls. <ok>
     
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  10. "Thanks for that Brian"

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    This is one of the strangest football related stories that I can remember hearing, so bear with me.

    Former West Ham and current Everton striker Enner Valencia played 82 minutes of Ecuador's 3-0 win over Chile.
    He was then substituted, suffering from altitude sickness, due to the 2,782 metre elevation of the host's Olympic Stadium.
    As he was being transported via buggy to a waiting ambulance, the local police gave chase, attempting to arrest him:



    He apparently owes thousands in child support to his estranged wife for their five-year-old daughter.
    His lawyer has since suggested that the police are no longer seeking his client.

    Bloody weird.
     
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  12. "Thanks for that Brian"

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    He's still on West Ham's books I believe? Maybe, he was waiting for Boris Johnson to 'fix' things in his new, Foreign Secretary role? Sprinkle a little public money around - it solves all manner of little problems. He's rented West Ham an extra 30,000 fans until they get relegated.
     
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    Apparently the injury was prearranged so he could get out the stadium before the police arrived!
     
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    Jagielka's withdrawn from the England squad with a thigh injury and Southgate won't be replacing him.
    I really don't understand that at all. Either call up another right-back or pick another centre-half.
    What's the worst that can happen?

    It's actually a position that England have a few issues with anyway, despite having some decent options there.
    Scott Dann, Curtis Davies, Steve Cook, Ryan Shawcross and the like must be ecstatic at this news.
    Even other midfield options have been overlooked. Drinkwater, for example.
     
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    It's like banging your head against a brickwall! England manager after England manager keep picking the same players time after time. Yet when they get the opportunity like this against poor opposition, they just seem to shrug their shoulders when an injury forces a withdrawal and say, "Meh! Stick with what we've got. Everybody else must be complete pants."
     
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    Not chasing very well are they? "Token effort lads, that's all we need, one for the cameras"
     
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    And Cahill missed training today with illness.

    Central midfield is the weirdest part of our squad, we only have like 2 players.
     
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    There doesn't seem to be a lot of balance or any defined philosophy, to me.
    There shouldn't have to be against the likes of Malta, but Slovenia could cause Southgate problems, if he's not careful.
     
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    CR7 with two goals in the first four minutes for Portugal v Andorra
     
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  20. "Thanks for that Brian"

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    Janssen has one for the Netherlands. It'll be good for him.
     
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