England Friendlies and a Bad Joke
March 1st vs. Uruguay at Anfield
May 30th vs. Hungary at Wembley (maybe)
June 3rd vs. Jamaica at Wembley (maybe)
Those with Geography GCSE's will notice Uruguay and Jamaica's proximity to Paraguay and Trinidad, with the powers that be believing this will help the players 'get used' to their World Cup opponents style of play.
45eachway has never believed this reductive thinking to be a good idea. No two footballing nations are the same even if they are superficially similar, so such friendlies provide players with false expectations.
At least the June 3rd game will provide someone somewhere with an opportunity to use this joke:
-"I took my girlfriend to the England game last night"
-"Really? Jamaica?"
-"No, she wanted to go."
posted by 45eachway @ Thursday, January 05, 2006
2 comments
2 Comments:
I agree that teams spend too much time worrying about finding teams that play similiar styles to their World Cup opponents. I find it interesting the England have schedule Jamaica since the game will mean a whole lot more to the Reggae Boys then it will to England but maybe they are looking for a physical, intense tune up.
The problem is that Jamaica will be physical and intense, which creates a huge potential for England injuries just 7 days before the first World Cup game.
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