International friendlies and qualifiers

[smilezzz]

Seems like they take place every third fucking week now. Screw the midfield issues, screw it if Suarez leaves or stays in Jan, if anything is going to fuck up our top four push, it's this pile of crap served up once a month where the media expects us to support a bunch of players from various clubs thrown together to play in a borefest of monumental proportions.

 

There is no chance in hell that I'm going to support any team that includes cunts of the Rooney or Evra mould, and less chance of me giving a fuck whether England beats Chile in a match which means about fuckall.

 

The only interest i have in friendlies is to check if any of our players were injured afterward.

 

have we ever played well after this crap? we looked broken against Newcastle after the last set of these.

[Tony Moanero]

Why do so many Liverpool fans nowadays moan about international football? I don't remember people doing so years ago.

 

Yes, international qualification and friendly games are boring, but so is the constant moaning and whining about them.

 

Most players, given the opportunity, want to play for club And country. Deal with it.

[Josef Svejk]

I still love international football.

 

Call me old fashioned.

[Stickman]

I think it's the fact they're every Friday and Tuesday now. I'm old enough to remember when the league games were stopped only every now and again...and certainly not for friendlies,it is a fucking pain when it's at least once a month.

Although to be fair Portugal v Sweden should be good.

[smilezzz]

I find that i can "deal with it" if it's an international tournament, as it's most often played in the off season. Unfortunately, qualifying games are necessary for this... but the friendly matches? Effing he'll man! it's completely pointless. it seems that any time we build up some steam these pop up and derail us.

 

In what world does it matter if England beat Chile? But if Sturridge gets a knock, or Suarez is jet lagged from flying back from Europe, it dents our chance for next week, bang we drop points and drop down to fifth.

 

twists my titties that if we didn't look so knackered against Newcastle, we'd probably be joint top now.

[Guest LFD]

I think everyone would enjoy International football more if it didn't constantly break up the domestic matches. If they sort the calendar out better, with less pointless friendlies, then fans would have little problem.

 

If there was a three or four week break at the end of the season when they did all this then that would be better.

 

Rather than missing weeks during the season.

[fowler9]

internationals are shit, particularly if there is hardly anything likeable about your countries international set up

[Guest LFD]

internationals are shit, particularly if there is hardly anything likeable about your countries international set up

 

But it shouldn't be.

 

Some World Cups have been great.  Other International sport is great.

 

It would be appreciated more if the calendar was better.

[Fi!]

It will be more interesting if it is more of the "Germany vs Italy" type instead of the "England vs san Marino" waste time type

[Newport]

What does my head these days is the fact that the England twats are being allowed to let Stevie have some kind of injections to get him ready for a fucking friendly against Germany. Fuck off! And why the fuck are nations who don't compete in play-off games allowed to play two fucking friendlies more than half a year ahead of the fucking World Cup.

Thankfully this is the last international break for some good three months or so.

[John McClane]

If it wasnt Germany they were playing I doubt Stevie would get the injection. Playing Germany must be one of the biggest games for an Englishman, friendly or not.

 

Hopefully Suarez gets acouple of goals vs Jordan in front of 60,000 crazy Uruguayians, after all the stress of their qualifying group they are finally at 2014 WC, then batters Everton for good measure when he gets back.

 

Portugal - Sweden should be great.

[The Golden Eel]

I've got little interest in it these days.  I'm still a bit nostalgic when it comes to finals tournaments but a lot of those games are tosh too.  I actually find thinking about it and reading about it more interesting than actually watching it.

[Lee909]

Wake me up when the knockout stages start

[Jairzinho]

Probably getting in a fight later.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

Are England playing Germany? When's that? 

[Josef Svejk]

Tuesday.

[moof]

Probably getting in a fight later.

Chilean cunt. I'll fuckin ave you

[Jairzinho]

Chilean cunt. I'll fuckin ave you

 

It would be disingenuous of me to suggest that the sole reason for me wearing a Chile top to my local isn't because I want to troll everyone.

[Dr. J]

What does my head these days is the fact that the England twats are being allowed to let Stevie have some kind of injections to get him ready for a fucking friendly against Germany. Fuck off! And why the fuck are nations who don't compete in play-off games allowed to play two fucking friendlies more than half a year ahead of the fucking World Cup.

Thankfully this is the last international break for some good three months or so.

 

Wasn't it 3 years ago that he did his hamstring playing an entire friendly just before our home game with Arsenal? This when we still had a chance for 4th.

[Elmyn Noos]

Seems like they take place every third fucking week now. Screw the midfield issues, screw it if Suarez leaves or stays in Jan, if anything is going to fuck up our top four push, it's this pile of crap served up once a month where the media expects us to support a bunch of players from various clubs thrown together to play in a borefest of monumental proportions.

 

There is no chance in hell that I'm going to support any team that includes cunts of the Rooney or Evra mould, and less chance of me giving a fuck whether England beats Chile in a match which means about fuckall.

 

The only interest i have in friendlies is to check if any of our players were injured afterward.

 

have we ever played well after this crap? we looked broken against Newcastle after the last set of these.

Wow - another dull as shit thread about England. Newcastle lost players to international duty, as do all the top Premier League sides, so it's no advantage or disadvantage and will have little or no bearing on our league position come May. Still, let's not let that get in the way of yet another tedious thread on the subject,eh?

[xerxes]

I enjoy international football, not least becayse LFC have always had so many players featuring in it.

 

For me Roy should be experimenting, the results really don't matter, but I am expecting Sturridge to continue his progress such that by Brazil he is an established striking choice for England.

 

It is another vital string to our bow that we can attract aspiring internationals and offer them a stage on which they can progress. Equally, while we are out of Europe, it offers the likes of Sturridge vital experience of playing against foreign opposition.

[Tony Moanero]

Spot on, Noos.

[Elmyn Noos]

I find that i can "deal with it" if it's an international tournament, as it's most often played in the off season. Unfortunately, qualifying games are necessary for this... but the friendly matches? Effing he'll man! it's completely pointless. it seems that any time we build up some steam these pop up and derail us.

 

In what world does it matter if England beat Chile? But if Sturridge gets a knock, or Suarez is jet lagged from flying back from Europe, it dents our chance for next week, bang we drop points and drop down to fifth.

 

twists my titties that if we didn't look so knackered against Newcastle, we'd probably be joint top now.

Suarez is playing in a world cup qualifier, not a friendly. He's Uruguayan, and he's playing in Uruguay, which is not in Europe. Sturridge could pick up a knock in training, should we cancel that too, just in case? It's fucking , not effing, and hell not he'll. Is your shift button not working?

 

We weren't knackered against Newcastle - we were just a bit shit that day. We've had plenty of shit days and got away with it, but we didn't that day. Nothing to do with international duty. Even a knackered Liverpool should beat a Newcastle team that played with 10 men for most of the game.

 

A team have to actually play together in matches if they are to stand a chance of doing well in competitions, or should we just not bother, as the founding nation of the game, entering a team in the biggest sporting event on the planet - the World Cup?

 

Quit yer whining you big fucking homo.

[smilezzz]

Suarez is playing in a world cup qualifier, not a friendly. He's Uruguayan, and he's playing in Uruguay, which is not in Europe. Sturridge could pick up a knock in training, should we cancel that too, just in case? It's fucking , not effing, and hell not he'll. Is your shift button not working?

 

We weren't knackered against Newcastle - we were just a bit shit that day. We've had plenty of shit days and got away with it, but we didn't that day. Nothing to do with international duty. Even a knackered Liverpool should beat a Newcastle team that played with 10 men for most of the game.

 

A team have to actually play together in matches if they are to stand a chance of doing well in competitions, or should we just not bother, as the founding nation of the game, entering a team in the biggest sporting event on the planet - the World Cup?

 

Quit yer whining you big fucking homo.

wow, the reason my spelling is off i because I'm using a fucking galaxy tab.

 

and frankly, i couldn't give shit where Suarez plays if it's not for Liverpool.

 

what does concern me is that the media whores out a bunch of shit games set up by a corrupt institute, which in my opinion is meaningless, at the risk of tiring or injuring our top players, which could potentially derail our ambition of finishing in the top four (or a title challenge hopefully). your opinion is different. fair enough.

 

and i like saying effing, it sounds fucking quaint.

 

check yo'self befo you wreck yo'self!!!! a'ite

[Tony Moanero]

Stop whining, smilezzz.