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Some very good passing , TAA is a magician with the ball at his feet , England pinging it around with ease - well until it goes to Maguire




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Some very strange decisions from this ref.
yellow cards for nothing especially Rice he quite clearly got the ball .
Not sure if we mean the same thing. I was disappointed that Rice felt the need to simulate being thrown roughly to the ground to "win" a penalty.
 
Interesting the reasoning etc that the match was played at Old Trafford last night.

We get all the spiel about the importance of a national stadium, how England should always play at Wembley and then you get some less glamorous opposition and Harry Styles paying a boat load of cash to use the venue and suddenly it is fine for them to play elesewhere.

With the plethora of stadiums available in England, I personally think that 50% of England matches should be played around the country. Let Wembley be a concert venue for more of the year and spread the international football around the country to give better access to a different set of fans.
 
Interesting the reasoning etc that the match was played at Old Trafford last night.

We get all the spiel about the importance of a national stadium, how England should always play at Wembley and then you get some less glamorous opposition and Harry Styles paying a boat load of cash to use the venue and suddenly it is fine for them to play elsewhere.

With the plethora of stadiums available in England, I personally think that 50% of England matches should be played around the country. Let Wembley be a concert venue for more of the year and spread the international football around the country to give better access to a different set of fans.
I totally agree. Unfortunately, the FA broke the bank to build Wembley and so need to use it as often as possible. I thoroughly enjoyed it when Wembley was being built and England matches went around the country. I would have been happy for that to continue.
 
I totally agree. Unfortunately, the FA broke the bank to build Wembley and so need to use it as often as possible. I thoroughly enjoyed it when Wembley was being built and England matches went around the country. I would have been happy for that to continue.


That’s also the time where more people connected with the national team than before - many other countries take their teams around the place , for many England football team is mainly London centric
 
I totally agree. Unfortunately, the FA broke the bank to build Wembley and so need to use it as often as possible. I thoroughly enjoyed it when Wembley was being built and England matches went around the country. I would have been happy for that to continue.

You would have thought that after 16 years they must be getting close to paying off Wembley. Maybe not.

That was my issue though I suppose. We have had the need for a national stadium drummed into us and that it has to be paid for but last night it was fine to relegate England to another ground to take the money from Harry Styles beccause they had booked him in without time to turn it back to a football stadium. I guess they saw the chance of more money from the gig than a perhaps not full stadium for a low interest England game. If that was OK last night. why not have a few months every year (especially with matches outside of the football season) where it becomes a permanent concert venue and the England team travel.
 
You would have thought that after 16 years they must be getting close to paying off Wembley. Maybe not.

That was my issue though I suppose. We have had the need for a national stadium drummed into us and that it has to be paid for but last night it was fine to relegate England to another ground to take the money from Harry Styles beccause they had booked him in without time to turn it back to a football stadium. I guess they saw the chance of more money from the gig than a perhaps not full stadium for a low interest England game. If that was OK last night. why not have a few months every year (especially with matches outside of the football season) where it becomes a permanent concert venue and the England team travel.
If I was an opposition player though I would be very disappointed that my one and only chance to play at Wembley was scuppered by Mr Styles.

As in all football though money talks.
 
Shock news, Chelsea have signed another player 😆 . In a revolutionary move however, it is not another midfielder, it is actually a striker. Maybe Poch is getting his way?

Come on Sean, get us a striker please. Before the start of the season preferably.
 
Shock news, Chelsea have signed another player 😆 . In a revolutionary move however, it is not another midfielder, it is actually a striker. Maybe Poch is getting his way?

Come on Sean, get us a striker please. Before the start of the season preferably.


It’s Nkunku isn’t it ? That transfer was sorted in Jan maybe ? And he is another wide forward
 
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