This weeks International matches thread

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Boruc apparently has a slight injury according to polish press but doesnt state what. Him and few others in squad have minor ones.
 
pass the football said:
Is he though? I don't think I've met anyone yet who sees him as anything more than a sometimes-amusing buffoon (as opposed to Hansen and Shearer, the never-amusing buffoons).
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Fact is, if it was Hansen who did the result predictions, and Sir Alex Ferguson who said the comments about Rickie not starting against Ukraine, we would be talking about them. Lawrenson in himself is not who anyone is fascinated with, but it's the fact it was him who said these things. Don't think anyone is overly fascinated with the man himself. Once he gets the full boot from the BBC, he won't be mentioned on here again, I'm, sure.
 
saintnogreavsie said:
Fact is, if it was Hansen who did the result predictions, and Sir Alex Ferguson who said the comments about Rickie not starting against Ukraine, we would be talking about them. Lawrenson in himself is not who anyone is fascinated with, but it's the fact it was him who said these things. Don't think anyone is overly fascinated with the man himself. Once he gets the full boot from the BBC, he won't be mentioned on here again, I'm, sure.
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You're probably right, but lots of other people have said similar things about Lambert. Maybe it's just that he is given a prime position on the BBC (and he isn't too proud to do football focus and so on) so everyone sees him. I just think these comments of his which he obviously doesn't put a lot of though into don't merit this kind of attention. If he had made any effort to justify them, then maybe. But they are just throwaway lines and next week he'll be talking about how well Lambert has done. He rides the wave of opinion more than creating a wave, I would like to think anyway.
 
Surrey_Saint said:
Great post! I had not recorded football focus so had just seen it the once and was trying to remember who had said what. Between the two of them they basically talked garbage and the BBC should be embarrassed by the way their 'pundits' (termed VERY loosely) are talking about a player who is helping England and as people say, is a breath of fresh air to the international set up. They should also make sure they do their homework and actually watch players like lambert! I suppose the positive is that we can enjoy yet another moment when Lawrenson will eat his own words on Tuesday night when Lambert starts. Just like all the other times last season when he tipped us to lose.....
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And continue to not get picked up on it.

Fact is, Lawro is hopelessly out of touch with public opinion on this one. The public is sick of overpaid footballers getting in the national team on reputation rather than merit, and Rickie has surprised everyone, and given us all hope and a reason to get behind the campaign again (it has for me - don't know if I'm Saints-blind, but from what I am hearing from colleagues and friends, as well as the media, seems this is a wider phenomenon). I know he hasn't done this alone, but he has found himself in a definite symbolic role here. He is representative of something at the very least, and has delivered in spades. Lawro is coming at that fact in the usual dour and patronising way, and is just getting his facts wrong.

Rickie is a one-man 2012 Olympic Games!
 
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