Match Day Thread World Cup Watch

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Nozzer said:
Internationals are a way of keeping football interesting for the broad masses and widening the revenue base, so I don't think they're going anywhere soon. I still like the idea of ibternationals, and that being chosen to represent your country should be an esteemed honour, but 15+ years of awful football and underachievement by England makes it hard. I'm guessing that if we played exciting football and did well AT a tournament with a team that people could identify with, interest might pick up again.

The main problems seem to be youth development, lack of coaches and culture/training once players break through, e.g. Wilshere and Barkley would be a decent CM if they'd fulfilled their potential. The youth teams are actually doing ok at the moment, but how many of them do we expect to go on to be decent players?

That, and mentality at big tournaments.

It's just annoying that most of the changes introduced by Germany after 2000 came from a report for the FA (by Howard Kendall?), which the FA basically ignored (and still does ).
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IMO at least the underage teams finally actually did something and achieved something so maybe they can contribute something more than what we have now... BUT... southgate = loser. appoint a real accomplished coach.
 
Nozzer said:
No-one else wants the job though (understandably, to be fair).
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The wages in club football have ballooned so much that at this point yes no top man really wants the job.

IN THEORY the english fa could parcel off 10mil a year out of the massive prem deals and pay a top top manager but with performance bonuses or whatever.

Really it shoud be the premier job but someone like ranieiri is about the best england could get now.
 
saintKlopp said:
That's the spirit. <ok>
I watch internationals when they're the only thing on, but quite honestly if they stopped tomorrow I wouldn't miss them.
I'd happily do away with the bloody gaps in our domestic season.
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Wouldn't be any though. Probably help clubs out with silly fixture congestion as well, esp clubs who get further in comps then have to prioritise. That shouldn't even be an argument lol.
 
jenners04 said:
Wouldn't be any though. Probably help clubs out with silly fixture congestion as well, esp clubs who get further in comps then have to prioritise. That shouldn't even be an argument lol.
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Exactly. No internationals, no international breaks.
No games keeping us in on the 3 days of the year it's nice out.
 
Australia end Syria's World Cup dream.

Cut it close as Syrians hit the post with a free kick at the end of ET.
 
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