01 Sep 2017 21:30:27
Serious question - Why are majority of the international matches so boring? As an example, watching England today and Uruguay and Argentina yesterday, these are teams with talented individuals playing at top clubs but in an international match, its so lackluster. Is it mostly down to the managers managing international teams, or are players just much more cautious and less adventurous, trying to keep it safe, when playing for their country?

1.) 01 Sep 2017
01 Sep 2017 22:02:48
Overrated players expected to offer more than they do.

Look at that team. It's just average. Really is. The players there compared to other couentries is rediculous and ours are compared on the same level.

You look at young players coming through. Sterling and Bernardo. Barkley and asensio. Rashford and mbappe. Ours can't lace there boots.

Yet we talk of them in the same breath and expect the same from them.

We are probably for the foreseeable future a quarter final team. That's about it in any tournament but we are in no way shape or form anything other than that. Oh and that's probably a push.

2.) 01 Sep 2017
01 Sep 2017 22:04:04
They don't play enough together and play for different teams who employ different tactics. It reminds me of getting round for a kickabout with your not too close mates every 2 months.

But then you do have Germany. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong but I recall reading a long time ago about Klinsman helping to push the idea forward of having the German club teams playing a similar style of football that the German national team play. This way tactically its not hard to adapt at International level. Either I read an article along the lines of this or I dreamt it up!

3.) 01 Sep 2017
01 Sep 2017 22:30:03
TopBusiness- He's saying international football not just England.

4.) 01 Sep 2017
01 Sep 2017 22:33:07
The quality of international football is nothing compared to that of club. I used to watch England just because Obviously I couldn't watch Liverpool but It really doesn't interest me anymore.

5.) 02 Sep 2017
02 Sep 2017 00:04:11
Hate internationals, waste of a footy weekend, national teams just dint cut it anymore, shame really.

6.) 02 Sep 2017
02 Sep 2017 00:18:43
Does that make what I said any less accurate.

7.) 02 Sep 2017
02 Sep 2017 07:58:18
TopBusiness- It might be accurate, although I don't see anyone comparing those players you've mentioned but we are talking about international football on a whole being boring so it's irrelevant.