Off Topic International Break Thread

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Gonna be in for about 10+ mins of stoppage time in this one.

And as I type, 1-1.

Edit: or not! VAR intervenes again for a very harsh handball in the buildup.

Edit 2: only 7 mins added time?! That’s wild, there’s easily been 10+ mins of stoppages.
 
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Just got home from the neighbours, those boys are still going strong, going to be a long night , now Slovakia have won Eastern European block doing well

They must be absolutely buzzing. I recruit a lot of Romanian labourers and tradesmen, very stellar guys, look forward to chatting to a few over the coming days.
 
One performance against a piss poor Ukraine and Twitter folk have decided Ange was wrong to start Micky and Romero ahead of Dragusin last season.

Jesus wept <doh>

With no cup competitions to play for by the time he arrived, it isn't at all clear where the extra game time would have come from.

However, Ange definitely deserves criticism for playing Royal at LB when Udogie and Davies were out injured. The far better option was shifting Micky out to LB and playing Radu at CB. It took Ange far too long to try that pretty obvious experiment.
 
With no cup competitions to play for by the time he arrived, it isn't at all clear where the extra game time would have come from.

However, Ange definitely deserves criticism for playing Royal at LB when Udogie and Davies were out injured. The far better option was shifting Micky out to LB and playing Radu at CB. It took Ange far too long to try that pretty obvious experiment.
Also should have considered when opponents were barging into Vicario at corners bringing Dragusin on to serve as a barrier
 
We have loads of really good players who want to play as a 10 or on the right. The LW names are all less flashy (Gordon) or in bad form so didn’t make the squad. Doesn’t help too that it’s not like we have an overlapping left sided player at LB without Shaw fit.

I think he needs to start Gordon on the left next game and drop Trent out of the midfield for Gallagher or Wharton, who will offer more game management in that area of the pitch.
Would you drop Foden?
 
Slight bit of karma Mbappe breaking his nose two mins after feigning contact to the face. Not smart to be blocking Danso’s shoulder with your nose, mate.