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Our Internationals 2020/21

By davieG, in Leicester City Forum

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Corky

Corky

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5 hours ago, Hales said:

Madders retweeted this, I think he is a little salty at not being called up 😂

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Hopefully he's still pissed off with the over the top reaction to that casino visit.

Detroit Blues

Detroit Blues

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Some clarifications on the US Men's National Team (USMNT) posts. Why was Odunze called in?

 

Most of the players  selected were from European clubs due to COVID. This is not the squad that would be called up, for example, if we played a world cup qualifier. 

 

Second, this summer the US will participate in three concurrent competitions. The senior squad will be called in for the the Nations League (Semi-Final and Final), we'll have a "B Team" that plays against CONCACAF competition in the 2021 Gold Cup, and many of our U-23 players will be called in for the Olympics. We haven't qualified for the Olympics in the last two cycles, so it is considered a high priority.

 

In addition, due to COVID, the US Men's National Team hasn't played a single game since February 1st, 2020. That squad was a domestic only team because the camp takes place during the domestic off-season, which is outside the FIFA international break window. The last time our European club players have been called up was in November 2019. So we need to get a look at as many European based players as we can, for both the senior squad and the Olympic team. 

 

23 hours ago, Nalis said:

Dont want to offend our american friends but is that team really that promising? Some decent players yes but young doesnt always mean they'll turn into world beaters. 

 

Reckon England could put out 3 under 21 squads that would be better than that squad.

 

I think promising depends entirely on the context of what is expected. As an example, England is expected to field a team of world class players, and truly compete to win the World Cup. America is not lol

 

In the past, the US National team has generally qualified for world cup and then overperformed in international competition relative to the talent of the player pool based on team cohesion / tenacity. Our rag-tag group of players won the group England was in during the 2010 World Cup (shout out to Rob Green).  Our best players would play for smaller clubs in Europe, but most of the roster would be filled out by players from MLS. 

 

We've seen a trend / evolution of young Americans going to Europe over the last 5-6 years. Early pioneers would go over to Germany/Holland/Belgium to play for clubs that were willing to take a chance on developing young American players because they could get them for very cheap. In the last year or two, these early pioneers have proved themselves and have gotten transfers to  bigger clubs like Chelsea, Juventus, Barcelona, etc. Their clubs have replaced by bringing in more young American players. The best example is Pulisic leaving Dortmund and being replaced by Gio Reyna. But the key takeaway is that there are many 16-22 year old players that you've probably never heard of, playing in Europe and developing the technical skill and tactical awareness that American players rarely gain from playing in MLS. 

 

This is why we are in uncharted territory.  These players return to the US's youth teams to play in a modern / possession based system.  They've been successful at youth competitions like the U-20 world cup, making it to the quarterfinals in the last 3 cycles. The last part of the evolution, is to see if it translates to the senior team. The upcoming friendly against Wales is like Day 1 of working toward being a good team for 2022. 

 

 

 

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Ian Nacho

Ian Nacho

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On 06/11/2020 at 10:31, moore_94 said:

James Justin called up for the England u21s

 

 

If Justin played for a 'big 6' club, he'd already be in the senior side.

Aus Fox

Aus Fox

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So how many first team players have we got going away?

Kasper - Denmark

Justin - England U21

Fofana - France U21

Evans - Northern Ireland 

Thomas - England U20

Tielemans, Praet - Belgium

Under - Turkey

Ward - Wales


anyone else?

shen

shen

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4 minutes ago, Aus Fox said:

So how many first team players have we got going away?

Kasper - Denmark

Justin - England U21

Fofana - France U21

Evans - Northern Ireland 

Thomas - England U20

Tielemans, Praet - Belgium

Under - Turkey

Ward - Wales


anyone else?

Kelechi has been called up as well, hasn't he?

Lambert09

Lambert09

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4 minutes ago, Aus Fox said:

So how many first team players have we got going away?

Kasper - Denmark

Justin - England U21

Fofana - France U21

Evans - Northern Ireland 

Thomas - England U20

Tielemans, Praet - Belgium

Under - Turkey

Ward - Wales


anyone else?

Soyuncu is also with turkey :(

 

i think thats it though. Evans is a huge worry, he took a knock to his already injured back. The NI games are crucial so he’s bound to have to play through the pain.  

Paninistickers

Paninistickers

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41 minutes ago, Aus Fox said:

So how many first team players have we got going away?

Kasper - Denmark

Justin - England U21

Fofana - France U21

Evans - Northern Ireland 

Thomas - England U20

Tielemans, Praet - Belgium

Under - Turkey

Ward - Wales


anyone else?

On that basis the following all get some rest/recovery

 

Vards, Fuchs, Mendy, Barnes, Castagne

 

Disgrace about Soyuncu. We send  them our delicate vase. They send the facker back broken. We try to fix it with specialist glue. Then they ask for the facker back to chuck about again

 

 

shen

shen

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On 08/11/2020 at 18:13, brucey said:

 

Robert Skov and one of the physio staff have tested positive... 

Manager Kasper Hjulmand, assistant Morten Wieghorst as well as Frederik Rønnow, Yussuf Poulsen, Rasmus Falk Jensen, Pione Sisto, Anders Dreyer, Erik Sviatchenko, Alexander Scholz and Martin Braithwaite have all been sent into quarantine. 
There's not going to be much of a squad left to play the friendly against Sweden and I wouldn't be surprised to see the games against Iceland and Belgium postponed or defaulted at this stage... 

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Corky

Corky

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1 minute ago, Steve Earle said:

Pretty sure it was announced Sunday that Kasper wouldn’t join up with Denmark?

That tweet is from Sunday.

majaco

majaco

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We are top of the league.  We have had several English players playing regularly.  Apparently, none are good enough for a large England squad.  Obviously, Vardy has retired.  

 

If we can progress five places up the table , perhaps our players would be considered!

 

 

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Guest Electric Yetis

Guest Electric Yetis

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2 minutes ago, Lambert09 said:

Soyuncu starting for turkey against Croatia :angry:

He isn't?

Bob Weasel Fox

Bob Weasel Fox

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22 hours ago, majaco said:

We are top of the league.  We have had several English players playing regularly.  Apparently, none are good enough for a large England squad.  Obviously, Vardy has retired.  

 

If we can progress five places up the table , perhaps our players would be considered!

 

 

It’s farcical isn’t it 

 

I love my country but England football can fvck off whilst that bucket brains dipshit is in charge 

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