England v Albania ( The Pub Match )

[baggieal]

For f uck sake! Which pub did they drag these Albanian players from! No wonder Southgate stays in the job with absolute
s hite opponents!

Rather watch Ken Barlow on the cobbles in Corrie than Harry with his 200K a week which is not sufficient for him to break a sweat at Spurs!

[mickd1961]

Henderson is such a donkey!

How many caps did Bomber get?

Was it one?

FFS! 😩

[baggieal]

Henderson is such a donkey!

How many caps did Bomber get?

Was it one?

FFS! 😩

There will be loads of complaints for putting this pub match on instead of Corrie which admittedly is more exciting

[Acido]

There will be loads of complaints for putting this pub match on instead of Corrie which admittedly is more exciting

Err I wouldn't go that far Al, surely even watching the Warsaw Fc 'saddlers' is more exciting than Corrie street.

I admit though that it loses its value when we/England have to play these appalling teams, and it should be the same or even worse away to San Marinotown in the next game.

[Leicesterbaggie]

What really irks me is the fact that Harry Kane will overtake the great Jimmy Greaves as the highest England goal scorer. Half of his goals were scored against very weak national sides, whereas Jimmy scored the majority of his against tough opposition. Another point is the awarding of caps as substitute. Billy Wright and Peter Shilton are examples of players who got all of their hundred caps as first choice players. They should introduce a rule that you only receive a cap if you play a certain number of minutes. Fair enough if a player comes on for an injury early in the game but it's a farce that a player receives a cap for playing the final five minutes or so.

[Yarmbaggie]

For f uck sake! Which pub did they drag these Albanian players from! No wonder Southgate stays in the job with absolute
s hite opponents!

Rather watch Ken Barlow on the cobbles in Corrie than Harry with his 200K a week which is not sufficient for him to break a sweat at Spurs!

Yes first half we made them look like a pub side.

However

Goalie - Lazio (serieA)
Back 3 - Empoli, Roma, Salternina (all Serie A)
Middle 4 - Lazio (serie A), Espanyol (La Liga) plus one from Albanian side and one from Budesliga2
Forwards - Ferencvaros (Hungary), Kanyaspor (3rd in Turkey top league and Empoli (serie A)

Don’t underestimate these have improved massively over the last 10 years and yet we made them look like a pub side in the first half.

[WBA1955]

Err I wouldn't go that far Al, surely even watching the Warsaw Fc 'saddlers' is more exciting than Corrie street.

I admit though that it loses its value when we/England have to play these appalling teams, and it should be the same or even worse away to San Marinotown in the next game.

One of the barmaids in our pub is a Walsall fan, she is a fanatic following them home and away.
That for me is a proper supporter, anyone can follow a so called big club.

[WBA1955]

What really irks me is the fact that Harry Kane will overtake the great Jimmy Greaves as the highest England goal scorer. Half of his goals were scored against very weak national sides, whereas Jimmy scored the majority of his against tough opposition. Another point is the awarding of caps as substitute. Billy Wright and Peter Shilton are examples of players who got all of their hundred caps as first choice players. They should introduce a rule that you only receive a cap if you play a certain number of minutes. Fair enough if a player comes on for an injury early in the game but it's a farce that a player receives a cap for playing the final five minutes or so.

Billy Wright is a forgotten man outside the Midlands. The first player to get over 100 caps when internationals were far fewer and you had to play the full game.
Unusual for me to praise a wolves player but credit where it's due. If he had played for Spurs or Manchester United people would still be mentioning him now.

[baggieal]

Err I wouldn't go that far Al, surely even watching the Warsaw Fc 'saddlers' is more exciting than Corrie street.

I admit though that it loses its value when we/England have to play these appalling teams, and it should be the same or even worse away to San Marinotown in the next game.

Pathetic the football league games stop because of this garbage. San Marino next who have not even scored more than 30 goals in their history. Don’t expect to escape to a restaurant in San Marino as no doubt the waiters will be playing.

The appeal of watching this game against these no hopers with Kane who actually gives more effort than with his club as 200K a week is not enough and that puff Grealish with his little shin pads and girlie headband - what a complete knob he looks!

Even Southgate will be swirling his waist coats around at almighty opposition like Albania and San F uckin Marino!

[mickd1961]

Gibraltar’s centre forward plays for Stourbridge FC.

Doesn’t this just sum up the garbage we are playing against.

I used to play in the same Sunday league side as Rob Taylor who played up front for Stour with Mark Bellingham.....Jude Bellingham’s dad.

It means that in reality, I wasn’t that far off being international standard!

Absolute joke.