International level a step up?

30th May 2010, 01:55 PM

Is it fuck! Its not even to the standard of club football in most instances. Just the difference is that England are selected by the media and if you dont score within 2 appearances you are judged as not able to make the step up. When really given a run in the team the quality would shine.

If international level really was a step up, then why dont we buy the Japanese back 4?

PS · 30th May 2010, 01:57 PM

A step up from Man U, Arsenal, Chelsea... ? I don't think so.

30th May 2010, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by PS

A step up from Man U, Arsenal, Chelsea... ? I don't think so.

Exactly mate. So how the fuck can these people keep saying these things?

Archie Blagger · 30th May 2010, 02:05 PM

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A step up from Man U, Arsenal, Chelsea... ? I don't think so.

If you had to pick your best back 4 and goalie from these teams, it wouldnt be all English.

30th May 2010, 09:38 PM

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If you had to pick your best back 4 and goalie from these teams, it wouldnt be all English.

They wouldnt of been any of the Japan back 4 either.

flyingpig · 30th May 2010, 09:42 PM

England is - and has increasingly been over the last 25 years - a shop that is "closed" for the benefit of those who play for "the top four" and who become media darlings as a result. The reason Bent hasn't pulled up any trees in an England shirt is that 8-9 places are already automatically filled by the usual bodies I refer to above. They haven't shown themselves capable of giving him the quality of service that non-English players at Sunderland give him. It's a re-run of what happened to Phillips.