kfallon wrote: » I think the new international Breaks are a good thing, staggering the games from Wed thru to following Tues. The problem we all had was that the domestic leagues would finish on the Sunday and there would be no football on TV til the following Friday. Nothing again til Tues after. It's just boring, at least now there are games on most days (but not today ) to keep us occupied and give us our football 'fix'
Will I Amnt wrote: » What are they? When I say conspiracy I'm talking about people mentioning that the Arsenal players didn't have to play the full 90.
Utopia Parkway wrote: » Hodgson said last year he wanted to test Sturridge's "resolve" when he was carrying a slight knock on England duty. Think he played him in the following game and promptly made the injury worse. At least that's my vague recollection of it.
NukaCola wrote: » Who said that the Arsenal players did not have to play the full 90?
Will I Amnt wrote: » It was mentioned earlier that the Liverpool players were left on and the Arsenal players taken off early. Someone else said something about it being a "coincidence" that it's the Liverpool players who get overworked. All seems a bit tinfoil hat stuff to me.
NukaCola wrote: » Obviously not Hodgsons fault but he did play him for 89 mins in a meaningless friendly as well as playing Sterling and Henderson for the full game. Whereas the Arsenal players involved were both taken off at around the hour mark. Not saying he's taken care of certain clubs players better or anything like that but i do think we have a legitimate reason to have a moan.
Will I Amnt wrote: » Did he run him into the ground? Or did he just play him a full 90 minutes like they train for and are employed to do? When Rodgers is playing him on a Wednesday night and the following Saturday will you be complaining about him? It's crazy the amount of blame being slung Hodgson's way here, even bordering on conspiracy with some people.
Fescue wrote: » It will be interesting to see Liverpool playing with Balotelli up top.
Soft Falling Rain wrote: » If it happens in a competitive game so be it, but why needlessly take that risk in a game that means nothing? Simply because the England manager doesn't have to worry about the immediate aftermath.
Will I Amnt wrote: » Robin van Persie would probably be considered more injury prone than Sturridge, he was taken off with a few minutes to go the other night too. It's part and parcel of football, the international managers want to see their players in their teams as much as the clubs do. If Sturridge didn't feel up to playing the full game he could have signalled to the bench that he needed to come off or mentioned before the game he could only do so many minutes. He would not have been forced against his will to play for so long. I just think it's bizarre to pin all the blame on Hodgson, no doubt a lot of it has to do with his history with Liverpool.
slingerz wrote: » Lucky Borini stayed ain't it!!
Fescue wrote: » Don't see him making the bench in the next number of games.
Soft Falling Rain wrote: » The irony, btw, is not lost on me here when Utd fans were crying last season about Moyes' training sessions destroying RVP's season.
Iused2likebusts wrote: » Sturridge has played 90 mins in all 3 games. RVP is working his way back to fitness after an extended world cup break and was probably welcome of the longer run out.
Will I Amnt wrote: » It was a friendly and from the bits I seen, not very exerting for anybody. Will you expect Sturridge to miss a Champions League or important league game if there's only a few days between them? It's easy to criticise after an injury is picked up, if he scored a hat-trick and came through unscathed there wouldn't be a mention of the minutes he had to play.
Iused2likebusts wrote: » I haven't criticised anybody just pointing out that RVP needed the run out more than Sturridge. Hodgson has suffered here as well as he has lost arguably his best striker for their toughest group game. Maybe next time Hodgson might consider that Sturridge is quite injury prone and that way both club and country will benefit.
Augmerson wrote: » Is there no Man U thread Will? :pac::p
kfallon wrote: » Everyone hates the International breaks during the season but yet I think the majority would agree that the World Cup is the greatest football tournament in the world
Will I Amnt wrote: » You know well there is, you post stupid things in it all the time...
Will I Amnt wrote: » There were some drama queens moaning about it based on an article by some Dutch journo,
ush wrote: » He was a fitness coach.
Kess73 wrote: » Mod Post: Just a reminder to keep things affable, folks.
