Off Topic International Break Thread

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"Thanks for that Brian" said:
He runs with the ball beautifully....and that's about it, really. Passing, shooting, decision making are all at levels far lower than his one main talent.

Basically, when he loses his pace, he's done.
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You said it better than me with fewer words. I hate you. Not really, but I get the surreal award for mentioning two films in a rant about Sterling.

But after his pace has gone it will still be a very large number of games before he is dropped. I can't believe Citeh can't find someone better.
 
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vimhawk said:
I think I'm in "The Invasion of the Body Snatchers" now. Not many years back everyone knew that Sterling was useless as an international. Indeed, I watched the first match of the last Euros in a pub where after several woeful attempts at doing something, every time he touched the ball the crowd just laughed. Yet somehow since then the critics have been replaced by facsimiles who seem to think that he is beyond criticism, no matter how crap he does, how wasteful he is or who he punches in the canteen. It's really odd how there is nil criticism and regardless of what he does (or doesn't do), he's apparently one of the first names on the teamsheet. Last night wasn't actually a particularly bad game by his international standards, but nevertheless he appeared to be doing things, but actually wasn't contributing much. Wasteful is probably the best term, but again not mentioned. Rant over. I assume I too will soon be replaced with someone with the "right opinion". Similar idea in "World's End". Praise Raheem, for the greater good.
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He's this generation's Rooney - it doesn't matter how ineffective or uninterested he is when he plays, we're consistently gaslit into believing that the team would collapse without him
 
humanbeingincroydon said:
He's this generation's Rooney - it doesn't matter how ineffective or uninterested he is when he plays, we're consistently gaslit into believing that the team would collapse without him
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I don’t think there’s much wrong with him as a player, 9 goals and 5 assists this season in the PL off 25 games isn’t a bad return. I think it’s more that Southgate’s system with England has been a mess for a couple of years just now and it’s not suiting Sterling.

For what it’s worth I’d rather see Rashford - Kane - Sancho as a front 3 but they’re not all available this time round. Sterling still has plenty to offer England I think, but not as a starter if they’re all fit IMO, unless he begins to contribute more goals again.
 
PleaseNotPoll said:
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Featuring a goal from 98-year-old Goran Pandev, that glaring miss by Werner, a very dodgy penalty and the late winner for Not Really Macedonia.
Germany hit a new Löw. <whistle>
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Be right back, checking if there's someone on Twitter who remembered we were linked with Elif Elmas a couple of years ago and thinks we'd have won the league if we signed him because he can score against Germany...
 
Criminal he had it in the first place. Thanks for somehow spectacularly ****ing up one of the best crops of young players we’ve had in a while.
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Dier Hard said:
Criminal he had it in the first place. Thanks for somehow spectacularly ****ing up one of the best crops of young players we’ve had in a while.
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Bloody useless. I wonder which equally useless twat they'll replace him with?
 
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PleaseNotPoll said:
Wouldn't actually be a bad call, if he'd accept it. Wasn't ready for Chelsea, but that's down to experience. Time will tell if he has the talent, of course.
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Yeah I’d be in favour of this. He’s clearly got something about him as a manager (though the Chelsea job came too early for him this time round) and he’s got a wealth of experience at the top of the game to pass on. Plus he seems to work well with young players. I think it might suit him right now as international management is less tactical (less time to work with the players on the training ground etc.) so his shortcomings there might be less exposed than at a club, and he can focus on pulling them together as a group and motivating them, which I think he’d be good at.
 
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The Huddlefro said:
Yeah I’d be in favour of this. He’s clearly got something about him as a manager (though the Chelsea job came too early for him this time round) and he’s got a wealth of experience at the top of the game to pass on. Plus he seems to work well with young players. I think it might suit him right now as international management is less tactical (less time to work with the players on the training ground etc.) so his shortcomings there might be less exposed than at a club, and he can focus on pulling them together as a group and motivating them, which I think he’d be good at.
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Also removing him from the board for potential managers, as the bookies have plonked him on there...
 
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The Changing Man said:
Cillesen, Stekelenburg & Krul with a combined age of 103! and Bizot is the junior GK at 30
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As has been said, if the Dutch had a competent coach Bergwijn probably wouldn't be in the squad as they should have a front three of Depay - Weghorst - Berghuis

Frank De Boer, meanwhile, wants Depay playing through the middle which leaves an opening for Bergwijn to get some minutes on the left while Weghorst sits on the bench wishing he took up that free trial at Ancestry
 
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humanbeingincroydon said:
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There's a few players in there that people will be looking to sign now, before their value becomes too inflated.
Gravenberch is the obvious one, but Malen has already spent some time in England and I'm sure he'll be up there, too.
 
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