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Hi Jean, WC this year is QPR related, so no issue posting in this section.
We do have a sticky thread in this section already about who is traveling to Russia.
We could merge or keep separate.
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Very excited here aswell. I really look forward to watch teams like Mexico, Iceland and Peru. The latter especially, which I don`t think has qualified for the tournament since 1982?
Young squad, managed expectations, coherent tactics = plenty of positives. However....
.... the biggest problem we have is the amount of football most have them have played in the last ten months, without a break. No change there. Not convinced that two pre tournament friendlies are particularly helpful. They need to chill out, get plenty of rest and not over train. If you look at England in Euros and WCs in recent years, legs have gone by end of group stage. Vs Iceland they looked physically shot. Overdoing it all pre tournament is the danger.
Young squad, managed expectations, coherent tactics = plenty of positives. However....
.... the biggest problem we have is the amount of football most have them have played in the last ten months, without a break. No change there. Not convinced that two pre tournament friendlies are particularly helpful. They need to chill out, get plenty of rest and not over train. If you look at England in Euros and WCs in recent years, legs have gone by end of group stage. Vs Iceland they looked physically shot. Overdoing it all pre tournament is the danger.
Given the amount of foreigners who play in the Premier League now, I'm not sure how much water this argument holds anymore! Will be interesting to see how Belgium perform in comparison, given that they can put out a 100% EPL line up quite easily
i quite like the england squad, its far from our best squad ever but people have been chosen on merit rather than name and there seems to be a clear game plan for a change. i don't think anyone has any expectations for us winning it but i did have a dream the other night were we won the world cup 5-3 against spain in the final.
if we get to the quarters i'd be happy, anything further than that and i'd be over the moon
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