International friendly

[WTF11]

Anyone else watch the International borefest (sorry, football match) between England and Brazil?

Why? why was this game played, what was it expected to achieve and what on earth on the positive side of the argument can you take from a game were the stats would suggest we were on a par with Brazil (not to be sneezed at) but managed only 3 shots on goal, and only 14 of any sort in the entire match.

And Bellingham, just what is special about this lad, because on tonights showing he is dead average!

Great preparation for the Euros, not!

[CalverleyBoy]

The big question is why does Maguire get to play at all?

Good to see Raphinha and also the young lad score his first goal, to say he was made up is an under statement. But have to agree it was a boring game for most of the time.

[Pacaman]

No. Can’t watch meaningless matches with meaningless Maguire collecting more caps.

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

Used to always look forward to internationals as a kind but now it’s kind of meh.

Might be due to being able to watch other leagues and teams and we are so much more familiar with the ‘exotic’ players that we’d never seen as kids.

Brazil 1982 team was pure football po@n

[BelfastAndy]

Wales v Poland. Be lucky if no injuries.

[BelfastAndy]

Roberts off. May be injured.

[WTF11]

Roberts off. May be injured.

The one international that might be worth watching as the result has some importance, and is it available, of course not!

[Tichi1]

The one international that might be worth watching as the result has some importance, and is it available, of course not!

It was on SC4 but the comentary was in Welsh.
Watched it all - pretty good game IMO but Poland through without having a single shot on target in the 120+ minutes!
Sods law Roberts suspected injury, Rodon and Ampadu played all 120 minutes - James not so long but missed the ***** last penalty... overall very dissapointing for the team - and we will have 4 players or 3 players available on Friday who will probably be either knackered, disspirited or both for our long trip down to Watford - just couldnt make it up ffs!

[Orgoner]

It was on SC4 but the comentary was in Welsh.
Watched it all - pretty good game IMO but Poland through without having a single shot on target in the 120+ minutes!
Sods law Roberts suspected injury, Rodon and Ampadu played all 120 minutes - James not so long but missed the ***** last penalty... overall very dissapointing for the team - and we will have 4 players or 3 players available on Friday who will probably be either knackered, disspirited or both for our long trip down to Watford - just couldnt make it up ffs!

The game was on here and I thought Wales did enough to have won before the eventual spot kicks. Ampadu, Rodon and Roberts all did exceptionally well (I suspect the latter might be out for a while?), especially considering the calibre of players they had in front of them. Too bad their efforts went unrewarded.

James did not look at all confident before taking his penalty and might have been well advised to have simply lamped it down the middle (many of the penalties were), but that's easy for me to say from the comfort of my sofa. I get the feeling he's a bit of a confidence player in general and I hope he's able to put this behind him and push on. Again, too bad.

It would have been good to have had Wales at the European Championships, but the next set of qualifiers are never far away. They can hold their heads high.

[Monaco_Totty]

Core muscle surgery ?

So Georginio is one of the concerns for Watford although he's on a good path but not able to train in a full session yet.
Farke says there are still 48 hours & he's carefully optimistic he'll be in the squad & could be in for some game minutes.

Mmm, last year i had some surgery on my tummy for lacerations after suffering a windsurfing mishap. 😩
Got dragged over some submerged rocks in an environment we cannot control, namely the sea !

To be fair its amazing how quickly the scars healed & disappeared in time but my ab's took longer to adjust to the rotational load stresses upon them for quite a while.
Clever keyhole tech surgery checked my insides ok & the finished result left me with a decent tummy tuck zip. 👍

Really glad i had all correct body protection on that day in the sea & i'd hope all athletes wear "correct protection" gear too & Georgie ditches his micro shin pads for sensible ones to protect his lower legs.

So just hope we dont rush Georgie back to quickly, just saying as football is a contact sport.