Bill
Moderator
older members may remember that at one time we had football league v football league representative matches. for instance a team from our league would be made up of players not chosen by the full England squad but were good players that were unlucky to miss out.it was deemed as a feather in your cap. I think Alan Oakes played in a few, rightly so as it was criminal he didn't feature for England. Scotland was always a regular opponent (can you imagine that now lol). anyway the reason for me bringing this up is following the season most of our top players have had would it not have been better to use a similar system for these dreaded "Nations games" its just bollocks. players are back in a few weeks to go again. pick from Newcastle, Everton and co, or even included the Championship to a degree. would give top players, who have played games right up to Saturday a summer of rest. players selected would be chuffed and you never know we might just un earth a hidden gem.