6000 for the Scotland game, and 11,000 for the England game, and all the inconvenience caused to the league clubs...us in particular. We seem to have more internationals in our team than any other at this level..we should be winning everything!
We haven't played any yet Red Just had a quick look at the International Bluebirds with one eye on Fridays game If anyone (unfortunately) watched Wales v Bosnia, we know about Craig Bellamy, Robert Earnshaw and Darcy Blake Marshall and Cowie (Scotland) - neither played Filip Kiss (Slovakia) - not even on the bench and cant find any U21 info Etien Velikonja (Slovenia) - played the last 5+ minutes Aron Gunnarsson (Iceland) - still playing but cant find any line-ups South Korea played earlier but Kimbo not in the squad so hopefully he's waiting for an Easy jet cancellation as we speak Not a lot of game time which (for us) is a good thing but a hell of a lot of travelling for some of them.
Injuries asside, losing players from training is a big enough problem regarding preparation. Some of these guys won't be flying back until tomorrow which gives about 24 hours to train together. Less of a problem later in the season, but when you're trying to integrate new players it's a pain. Helguson and Belamy probably haven't met yet, let alone trained together. That's a partnership we need to hit the ground running as it could be very lucretive for us.
Just thought I'd let you know about Bellers. Watched the second half of the Wales game. Dreadful. Then Bellers came on in the 60th minute. Changed the game, he looked fantastic. So good that I'm almost shivering with excitement for Friday night! Don't get me wrong, he was no Messi- but the simple aggression, passion, and positive thinking had a huge impact on the team. Could be brilliant...
