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I was reading that at work today, completely agree with you shouldn't be classed as an international it's a testimonial charity game England Xl v USA.
Have to agree. I get that it'll raise plenty of cash for charity but it devalues the fixture completely and what will Southgate get from the game. If we're serious about competing against the best in the world surely we need to use the opportunities to develop the squad and find the right formations not accommodating the whim of a former player to get one last moment in the international spotlight
 

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Have to agree. I get that it'll raise plenty of cash for charity but it devalues the fixture completely and what will Southgate get from the game. If we're serious about competing against the best in the world surely we need to use the opportunities to develop the squad and find the right formations not accommodating the whim of a former player to get one last moment in the international spotlight
Agreed.. it's a step backwards to pamper to one person.

Does nothing for the nation, the good of the team or competitiveness of the game
 

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Have to agree. I get that it'll raise plenty of cash for charity but it devalues the fixture completely and what will Southgate get from the game.

Maybe we should go the whole hog and make it an exhibition match rather than an international. Fill it with former players like Lineker, John Terry, Beckham etc and get the Americans to do the same. Promote it as a legends charity match rather than a proper game of football.
 

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Maybe we should go the whole hog and make it an exhibition match rather than an international. Fill it with former players like Lineker, John Terry, Beckham etc and get the Americans to do the same. Promote it as a legends charity match rather than a proper game of football.
Would be a brilliant idea but never going to happen sadly. That would be a good watch though
 

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Back from Stamford Bridge (wow how a visit there has changed over the years!!!) . Thought Chelsea were the best team we’ve played so far by a long distance. They work hard for each other and that Pedro is far better than I ever gave him credit for.

We played well, so badly need a striker though.
 

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OK was going to post this in The Scottish Prem thread but thought here would be better:

Do you know where these Scottish clubs are based?

1.Queens Park, St Mirren, Cowdenbeath and Partick? I had a general idea.
2. Raith Rovers, Albion Rovers- no idea.

Queen of the South- knew the answer.

Just for fun!
Scotland.
 

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Queens park is a place (albeit a London burb, but no different to all the others). It even has a railway and tube station named after it.
Plenty of tube stations etc in London so I'm not having that as a justification for a name. Ask most people outside of London and they would not know that Queens Park is an area and 99.9% could certainly not pin it on a map. As a northerner I have heard of many areas in London but Queens Park is not a well known one.
 

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Chelsea (based in Fulham), Arsenal (Holloway/Finsbury Park), West Ham (Stratford), Crystal Palace (Selhurst/South Norwood), Port Vale (Burslem), Millwall (Bermondsey), Grimsby (Cleethorpes) and Tranmere (Birkenhead) are all named differently to the place they actually play.
Very good list but it was more about names of teams that are not towns or cities rather than locations. Grimsby is a proper town so although the ground is not in Grimsby itself the town itself warrants a team. It is interesting how these teams got their names whereas a straight Liverpool or Hull City is clear.
 
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What an advert this is(n't) for the Premier League.

I bet they are lapping it up in the Far East and America.
 

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So sorry Homer but is this the worst ever match to be televised on Sky tonight? Hope they prove me wrong and it is 5-4!
It's crap. We look like rabbits in headlights and a team that's never payed together. So nervous, so devoid of ideas and why being a Fulham fan is such hard work. I can't see anything other than a 2-0 home win. No idea what the manager can do, but playing a settled back four would be a start and let them learn to play as a unit rather than chopping and changing each week and I'd like to see him swallow his principles and play it long sometime and let Mitrovic hold it up which he does so well
 
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