2005-11-06 - International Friendlies
There's not much happening in international
fooball at present, with most nations concentrating on domestic
affairs. There's of course been a flurry of activity in those nations
not involved in the playoffs to try and set up friendly matches to test
their squads. There's already some interesting-looking encounters
between the top nations in the world, namely: England v Argentina,
France v Germany, Netherlands v Italy and Portugal v Croatia.
Unfortunately I think once again the tasty-looking matches will
probably be ruined by league managers. There's been the usual
contention over whether players from top teams should be playing in
'meaningless' friendly matches all over the world. To those managers I
say:
"Stop bickering like little schoolchildren! If you really want to do
something about it then do this via the organisations in place that can
affect these situations, like the G14 and players' unions. The only
reason these friendlies ARE meaningless is due to your constant
interference in them in the first place! Putting pressure on
international managers such that top players only play one half is
depriving the fans of international football. For those clubs that this
affects, surely there's enough money in the game of football to sort
something out! If you have a problem about your players playing in
'meaningless' friendly matches, why don't you complain just as much
about having to play the weakest teams in your league? The real problem
here is that teams in the leagues of England and Spain play way too
many matches, and by cutting the leagues down to 18 teams or less and
getting rid of meaningless cup competitions (like England's League Cup)
you'll free up enough time for your players to recover from any
injuries that they obtain at international level!"
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