England v Brazil | Friendly | Match Thread

[paulchapo]

Brazil’s B team still play great football

When I worked on ships we were docked in Rotterdam. The seaman's mission organised us a game against a Brazilian ship. I kid you not it was like playing the national side. Dummies, step overs, overhead kicks the lot. We lost 5-2 but they were brilliant.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Slabby - Born leader

#ItsComingHome

 

[Sale Moor Blue]

Pep just smashed his tv up

Problem is its every time.
Usually irs fucking Stones.

 

[remember arthur mann]

Gordon such a shithouse.

 

[Blu1]

Why the Fook is stones even playing when everybody knows he suffers with injuries

 

[Blue Smarties]

Doubt for Arsenal?

Akanji Stones Dias Ake

If it’s good enough for the treble…

 

[SebastianBlue]

Problem is its every time.
Usually irs fucking Stones.

Give it time.

 

[Claytop]

Foden absolutely wasted in an England shirt.

 

[Stephen230]

I don’t necessarily think it is, either.

But there’s also nothing really to be gained by the matches during this break.

Very little can be decided this far out from the tournament, Southgate has shown he won’t even experiment in friendlies like this to see if alternative setups/tactics could be viable, and a decent number of the players may not even be in the squad.

They largely just serve to justify Wembley, appease broadcasters and sponsors, and offer an opportunity for overworked players to pick up injuries.

Edit: As we see here with Walker.

Well it’s up to England how much use they make of the opportunity.

But these games are preparation time for all the teams.

 

[Withnail]

Yeah probably misses Arsenal if its any kind of tear..

Akanji, Stones, Dias and Ake still works though.

Akanji is a more than decent replacement.