Todays Games

Dykes subbed for Scotland.

 

2-2 at Hampden, sounds like a good game.

 

It is & better watch than England

 

Difficult generating any interest in England's training match. San Marino keeper their M-o-M, 5-0 probably 2-3 under for England. Amazing to have two ski resorts in our group, in fact they could play each other on skis and you wouldn't notice much difference...

 

Save of the season?...

 

Well you missed out. We were outstanding. It’s coming home.

 

It’s just daft. I can understand the romance of a random cup draw matching minnows and giants (cliche overload!) in a one off game, but a system which condemns some teams to endless humiliation is just sadistic.

 

Both Norway and Germany teams took very obvious swipes at Qatar’s human rights record this week. Doubtless player rather than association generated. I wonder if a few players would boycott the tournament if push came to shove? That would really cement Blatter’s legacy. Hard call for players who have incredibly limited chances to play in these competitions.

 

I read a recent public opinion poll showed a majority of people in Norway didnt want Norway to go to a WC in Qatar. Probably a bigger majority don't expect Norway to need to make decision on that anyway.

 

I would love to see the top players decide to boycott, Messi, Ronaldo, M'Bappe and the like. That would be such a powerful message to the corrupt wasters who inflicted this ludicrous decision on World football. Sadly, the players perpetuate the money-go-round...

 

Well, if their governments merrily continue to do business with vicious regimes using the ‘we have to engage with them to change them’ excuse, I think it’s easily justifiable for football to claim they are part of ‘engagement’ and ‘opening up’. It’s bollocks of course, but I don’t think individual footballers should be expected to take a collective lead on behalf of the rest of us. If any of them do, good on them. I’m just interested in the gestures that they are making at the moment.

 

It’s a tough one isn’t it. I think we would all like to see top footballers make a stand. But reality is that their countrymen would probably hold it against them. What would be the reaction if Kane, Rashford, Sterling stood down for England? Sadly, I think the fans would be in uproar at a ‘lost opportunity’ at a World Cup that only comes around every four years. They would then probably end up being berated for losing us the World Cup.

 

Mmm....sport and politics.

 

... and selfishness!
Never been known to cause acrimony, abuse, pillage, murder or war.

 

Ireland 0-1 Luxembourg

 

Don't diss the Grand Duchy...

 

England just going through the motions here, hard to get excited. We're so much better than Albania but this is like a training match. Almost like we're driving with one foot on the brake...

 

Tidy finish by Mount.....