The FA have set the precedent! - Ian Wright and Roy Keane on England's dropouts

Harry complaining about players pulling out when he’s the only player in the squad who gets to have a winter break.

Also, you can’t blame city players from pulling out when they only have 13 players fit. Walker is 3 caps away from getting to 100, so not surprised he is going. Trent, Saka and rice are out injured. Grealish trained for 20 minutes, so what’s the point taking him? Ramsdale won’t play as everyone prefers Pickford (rightly so). That really only leaves Colwil and Foden who are fully fit but probably tired as they played in all matches for their respective clubs.

Roy Keane dropped.out of many many Irish. He cant talk

International football is a boring anachronism.
The whole thing should be scrapped, The World Cup, The Euros, Copa América, African Nations, the lot.
International football should be kept at the olympics for the under 21's.. Too much football is causing more and more injuries in meaningless matches.

Despite winning the game, the media always finds a way to shift to a negative narrative.

Bet if this was the semi final / final or Touchalls 1st game on charge most of the no shows would have turned up

I think it is pointless playing with injury in a pointless game.

is this the same Herr Kane who was injured or out of form at the euros but still played ! did he put England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 first ?

All this is leading towards a grumble about fixtures. Too many games. So you will here in the future about cutting the premiership in half which in turn will lead to a super league because of the money the big clubs will gain/lose and the super league will be forced upon us as a financial necessity. It’s called overloading until it breaks

I’m proud of my club Manchester United no pull outs! England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Good for players. Nobody cares

Why am I not surprised? Oh it's just England, the country where they are afraid to show their flags in public.

The keyword is rotation. Also, did those who dropped out harm yesterday's game? The "USUAL" call-ups didn't manage to beat Italy or Spain in the respective EURO finals or beat France in the World Cup 2022 quarter-finals in Qatar. Kane should stop whinging. He's had his time, and if he can't score crucial penalties in a World Cup quarter-final, what's the point of taking him to the next World Cup. Let those upcoming English talents integrate into a successful team. Let the new talents help England progress to a side that doesn't only qualify for the EURO or World Cup but actually wins it. Maybe some of the England senior players can take a leaf out of the playbook of Müller, Kroos, Neuer, etc., who have stepped down from the German national team.

At least of the 'dropouts' actually were injured so makes sense to not to turn up if you'd be a bit of a liability. Foden and Colwill the only ones seemingly fit to play but declined. Id be focusing on them rather generalising on them all.

Nothing worse then the prem being stopped for these pointless games.

11 games in
3rd international break






Wow

MUCK RAKING GARBAGE 💩🎃💩🎃

England has a large pool of players in the league and even in the championship who are decent.
Why are they not considered for games in the nations league

Ian wright can wear Deidre Barlow tortoiseshells and still look cool at 60. What a man.

This is why England will never win a major tournament

In all fairness, the amount of games UEFA & FIFA have players playing these days is a disgrace, couldn't care less if they back out of a pointless tournament.

Ian wright Litterally said previously that “The next player who says he does not want to play for England should be ordered to ring the parents of a soldier who has died serving his country in Afghanistan, and tell them his reasons”
Think you should keep quiet on commenting on harry ian 🤣

More Mystifying than England players dropping out, how come Roy Keane has not lost his strong Southern Ireland Accent after all these years living in England.

Ramsdale broke his finger. Bad journalism

Kane criticising the effort of his team mates when for five consecutive tournaments he's put in little to no effort and made us play with ten men every time he's on the pitch.

Ian wright is such a softie, he’s a joke

I don't blame them for dropping out. The Nations League is a completely pointless, unnecessary and unwanted competition.

PL managers don’t complain about games when they go on money making end of season friendlies…

It’s an absolute ridiculous competition if you can even call it that .bin it .

Waste of time this tournament

It's not a problem of player integrity, it's a problem of club and manager integrity. I have no trust whatsoever in Arteta for example.

And all the absentees will no doubt turn out for their clubs next weekend

Dont bang on about the busy calendar of games for the players, when they always go on these pre season tours half way round the world for their clubs. Busy seasons? Dont go to america, australia or asia for your pre seasons. Or stop moaning about how many games you play!!!

It’s League of Nations 😂 Kane needs to shut up.

Playing for England means nothing for these Rolex comparing light-weights

Few players??? It's half the squad! 🤔

A few withdrawals? You mean three quarters of the first team wrighty 😂

The reason is simple. No one gives a shit about the nations league. Not the fans nor the football players

The FA won't take any action unless it hits their revenue. Players should boycott the Nation's League, no ticket sales, FA will make a change.

It's what happens when you have a pointless international competition no one cares about right in the middle of the season. They have enough games to play without nonsense like this. And let's not forget who is actually paying these players.

International break feels longer than COVID.

Comments filled with overseas plastic fans that like their Premiership clubs and hate England. If your country calls, you should show up. These players are paid well enough that they can give something back. I don't see why England fans should have to go six months between games.

John Terry never pulled out

The players and the clubs on behalf of their supporters who pay a LOT OF MONEY to watch the games have to take matters into their own hands. The fat money hungry boards and associations see only one thing, more games more money to hell with the clubs, players and supporters. On a footnote scrap VAR or suspend, modify it until they can have a WAY better system. VAR as it now stands SUCKS.

3 months into the season...3 International breaks already. But we should pretend its a massive shock and surprise that some players dont want to play through injury for a sub-standard tournament

Get use to players pulling out. Most are starting to fall a part health wise, They haven't had a break i over 3 years. If I were one of these players, I would seriously consider ditching international football altogether.
For the length of my career would be most important. I would start taking better care of myself and get propper time off to recover.
Everyone seems to forget that when Southgate took over, the players were playing 10 or more gameless a season . That's a minimum 900 minutes less wear and tear on the body back then. England doesn't pay their wages the clubs do, so if a player gets seriously injured in an international match and doesn't recover, his earning power is hugely reduced. Arsenals Jesus is a perfect example. He has not been the same after being injured playing for Brazil, He was the #1 strker at Arsenal, not anymore, and he will probably get dumped after this season. His earning power will fall dramatically when that happens because he is not as good anymore after his injury.

Mark Baldpatch.

Saipan.

Ee woz.

If Jude Bellingham had said this they would have been up in arms and called arrogant and not a team player.

Everyone is saying international matches need to stop. What needs to stop is the new champions league and the new club World Cup format . There are way too many matches in club football now. What’s needed is more internationals. It’s obvious a few years ago, they wanted a super league format to make a lot more money. Teams are going to complain that there are too many matches, and it will eventually be a Super league. You will still have the premier league, only without the top clubs in it. The World Cup is for all nations to enjoy. Now it’s being ruined by money and greed. I feel sorry for the lesser nations that want to improve as a country and bring football together.

I liked that lots a new players got to play. They all proved worthwhile too

What happened to the ruling FIFA had where if a player pulled out of an International game they couldn’t play the next league game?