I have no issue with clubs withdrawing players for friendlies, Club > Country.
Well no, but you cant blame people for being disheartened. It's a bit like watching Brighton get beat on the way to relegation, there's periods where you throw your hands up in anger, periods where you give up completely, and periods of optimism but you don't stop caring. It's difficult to be optimistic at the moment because 70% of regular premiership players are foreign, key players in our squad aren't getting games for their squads, Terry's been out, Dawson and King have only played a handful of games between them, Crouch and Defoe have two goals each, Rooney has four, Lampard has played 8 games this season. And the style of kinck and rush direct football we can employ with the players we have should have died with the dinosaurs.
I'm going to the Ghana friendly, and will be in the Ghana end (with some Ghanaian friends), will probably enjoy it mich more for that!
Can't really complain if the qualifiers turn into a bit of a dogs dinner then can you.
I have no issue with clubs withdrawing players for friendlies, Club > Country.
But Aldo that's a typical 'Premier League fan' comment and is why I hate some peoples view son England. As Easy points out you'll prob be moaning when we lose in a major / qualifier. It's just a no-win situation. And of course playing for your country is the pinnacle of any footballers career (or at least should be) so it's country over club for me every day. And yes I'd say the same if Albion had 10 players in the England squad and were in the prem...
I never do to be perfectly honest, I have no real love for the national team. WC gets me fired up but that's more the beer and the fun with the mates, the morning after we're out I'm not bothered.
And you are a Liverpool fan too right? No offence but attitudes like that sum up the 'big' prem clubs attitudes on England for me and it's been infiltrated into their fans too.
You rate Rafa Benitez, and can't even spell the name of the current England manager properly, who by the way is possibly the most successful (ie pretty f***ing decent) manager currently in football.
Good one.