Off Topic International Break Thread

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So you;re saying that Defoe will be starting in the qualifier, as he wasn't risked at all to keep him fresh?

Probably for the best, he's a guaranteed starter for his club, rather than playing second fiddle to someone slumming it in Manchester for a year before topping up their pension in MLS...
Did you take all the letters in my post to make that sentence, a bit like scrabble?
It certainly didn't say that when I posted it :grin:
 
Did you take all the letters in my post to make that sentence, a bit like scrabble?
It certainly didn't say that when I posted it :grin:
You said that players who started against Germany wouldn't start the international. Defoe did not start against Germany, nor did he come off the bench. So doesn't that mean he's being kept fresh for the international?

So it's not just everyone else's posts you miss the point of - you manage to miss the point of your own as well!
 
Ben Gibson has been called up to the England squad, due to Chris Smalling being told not to play by Mourinho. Allegedly.
He's had a good season. Wouldn't surprise me to see him stay in the Premier League, even if Boro don't.
 
What's with the music ?

Mary Hopkin and "Those were the days" and now "Yellow Submarine". How odd.
 
Taylor sent off. Wales seem to be losing it, for some reason. Really bad one.
Ramsey kicked Whelan in the face, then Bale went in on O'Shea. Don't know where this has come from.
 
Bale lucky to escape with only a yellow.

Seconds later, Taylor sent off for GBH on Seamus Colman.
 
Coleman stretchered off. Looks a bad one. Could be a big blow for Everton.
 
Bale lucky to avoid a 2nd yellow, as he boots McClean in the midriff.
Then he makes a trademark bursting run and sends a shot inches wide.
 
Croatia leading 1-0 against Ukraine in stoppage time

...or to put it another way, Tottenham-linked midfielder Milan Badelj has played 90 minutes, while Tottenham-linked midfielder Marcelo Brozovic has played 90 minutes, and Tottenham-linked midfielder Mateo Kovacic came on as a 79th minute sub - although the lack of Tottenham-linked midfielder Ante Coric raised some eyebrows.
 
0-0 FT. Serbia go top of the group and Austria close the gap to Wales with a narrow win.

Coleman's leg looked to be badly broken. Terrible for him, Everton and Ireland.
Hope he recovers quickly. Maybe the start of next season, if all goes well.
 
Zaha making Russia look like a right bunch of mugs, scoring for Ivory Coast in a 2-0 win:
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Brilliant goal, to be fair.
 
Zaha making Russia look like a right bunch of mugs, scoring for Ivory Coast in a 2-0 win:
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Brilliant goal, to be fair.

One of my Palace supporting mates says he's desperate to join us. I've heard Palace could be interested in Sissoko.

Actually, I read the second bit on a clickbait site that knew how to get Spurs fans' attention and obviously, discounted it completely as rampant nonsense...but there's always hope.
 
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One of my Palace supporting mates says he's desperate to join us. I've heard Palace could be interested in Sissoko.

Actually, I read the second bit on a clickbait site that knew how to get Spurs fans' attention and obviously, discounted it completely as rampant nonsense...but there's always hope.
I hope that we don't sign him, honestly. I think he'd be another wasted winger.
N'Jie, N'Koudou and Sissoko, if you count him, haven't exactly set the world alight.

Always strikes me as having a lot of talent, but not knowing exactly what he's supposed to do with it.
Dives too much and I'm not sure he's got the right mentality for Pochettino's style of play, either.