England v Brazil | Friendly | Match Thread

[madloaf]

Vini Jr getting faster and Kyle slower, should be some battle in a few weeks

Gives me pause about that tie

 

[TShed]

Thank fuck

 

[super_city_si]

Brazil’s B team still play great football

Amazing what happens when you pick palyers with skill as opposed to ones that can run a lot.

 

[SebastianBlue]

And they have two final friendlies in that time.

I don’t think it’s unreasonable that the national sides have a get together between November and the summer, as they would without these games.

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.

 

[remember arthur mann]

The Barnsley Bobby Moore looking cool.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Brazil’s B team still play great football

Imagine them under Pep when he fancies his go.

The lad will be president by proxy.

 

[paulchapo]

What is waistcoat going to learn from this? Has he picked any new players? Is he trying a different system?
About time, get all the City players off.

 

[stan bowles]

Thank god he's going off but should never have tried to carry on.

 

[Crooked_rain]

Vini Jr getting faster and Kyle slower, should be some battle in a few weeks

Hopefully Kyle is OK for it...

 

[west didsblue]

Hopefully he hasn’t made it worse by giving it an extra 5 minutes