| Job Done 21:42 - Mar 24 with 688 views | saintwizzler |
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| Job Done on 23:07 - Mar 24 with 638 views | PatfromPoole |
I turned up tonight expecting about 60,000.
Amazed at 80,000.
What other countries in World football would get 80,000 for a Monday night qualifier against Latvia?
Phenomenal.
It’s going to take Tuchel a few games to get our mojo, methinks. Away games may well be easier, as teams will have to attack us more. |  |
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| Job Done on 23:30 - Mar 24 with 616 views | InTimeAddedOn |
| Job Done on 23:07 - Mar 24 by PatfromPoole |
I turned up tonight expecting about 60,000.
Amazed at 80,000.
What other countries in World football would get 80,000 for a Monday night qualifier against Latvia?
Phenomenal.
It’s going to take Tuchel a few games to get our mojo, methinks. Away games may well be easier, as teams will have to attack us more. |
Agreed Pat, not that long ago this might have been a game the FA might have considered taking on the road and playing it at a large provincial stadium but not anymore as they can almost fill Wembley for a bronze category fixture on a Monday evening.
As an aside, I was looking at the comparative values of the starting XI’s this evening, Latvia didn’t have a single player valued at €1m, in fact the entire starting XI were valued at a total of €4.9m in stark contrast to the value of England’s starting XI at €700m (that’s according to Flashscore). In fact, you could buy the entire Latvian starting XI with what some individual England players earn in less than a year! Whatever you do, don’t tell SR 😀 |  |
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| Job Done on 07:10 - Mar 25 with 485 views | Heisenberg |
The amazing thing about England qualifier games or friendlies is that people actually watch them. More incredible is people paying good money to do so. |  |
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| Job Done on 07:49 - Mar 25 with 456 views | saintwizzler |
| Job Done on 07:10 - Mar 25 by Heisenberg |
The amazing thing about England qualifier games or friendlies is that people actually watch them. More incredible is people paying good money to do so. |
Have you looked at The Premier League table? | |
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| Job Done on 07:57 - Mar 25 with 452 views | Heisenberg |
| Job Done on 07:49 - Mar 25 by saintwizzler |
Have you looked at The Premier League table? |
The league table will change. We are dreadful and it’s painful to watch but a few years ago we had top half finishes. England qualifying games v poor opposition have always been dull. It’s time to look at seedings and automatic qualifying with the poorer teams facing play offs. Bring back the home internationals which would be far more interesting that watching England putting 5 past a semi pro team of lower league standard. | |
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| Job Done on 08:53 - Mar 25 with 414 views | PatfromPoole |
| Job Done on 07:57 - Mar 25 by Heisenberg |
The league table will change. We are dreadful and it’s painful to watch but a few years ago we had top half finishes. England qualifying games v poor opposition have always been dull. It’s time to look at seedings and automatic qualifying with the poorer teams facing play offs. Bring back the home internationals which would be far more interesting that watching England putting 5 past a semi pro team of lower league standard. |
You say that, but England have a friendly against Wales at Wembley in October and I have no idea why they have arranged it against such a poor side.
Ultimately all the other home nations are very poor sides, and it’s only a game against Scotland which can compete with games against Argentina and Germany for rivalry and atmosphere. | |
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| Job Done on 10:12 - Mar 25 with 369 views | saintwizzler |
| Job Done on 07:57 - Mar 25 by Heisenberg |
The league table will change. We are dreadful and it’s painful to watch but a few years ago we had top half finishes. England qualifying games v poor opposition have always been dull. It’s time to look at seedings and automatic qualifying with the poorer teams facing play offs. Bring back the home internationals which would be far more interesting that watching England putting 5 past a semi pro team of lower league standard. |
You could say the same for The Premier League.
If the big 6/7 ever left for a European league it wouldn’t be The Premier League any more.
It would be The Championship.
But then that would favour people who are looking forward to The Championship as we might win some games.
Defeatist. | |
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| Job Done on 12:07 - Mar 25 with 276 views | dirk_doone |
| Job Done on 08:53 - Mar 25 by PatfromPoole |
You say that, but England have a friendly against Wales at Wembley in October and I have no idea why they have arranged it against such a poor side.
Ultimately all the other home nations are very poor sides, and it’s only a game against Scotland which can compete with games against Argentina and Germany for rivalry and atmosphere. |
It's a shame that the next home game, vs Senegal, is being played at the City Ground, as Senegal are a good side and the game would attract 70,000+ at Wembley. The Serbia home game will sell out easily.
I, along with many others, enjoy going to the England games. They are a great opportunity to see foreign players who don't play for English clubs. The Greek team, for example, were a real revelation at Wembley. Of course, the games are also very popular with fans of non-Premier League clubs as it's an opportunity for them to see the top English players. You are right about Wales, Pat. They are mostly Championship level players, and we'll see plenty of that standard next season.
As for only playing the top nations, we play them a lot already. It's good to see some different teams for a change. [Post edited 25 Mar 12:26]
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