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RE: INTERNATIONAL THREAD - (EQ) England v Estonia - Jacko The Flopsy Piglet - 12-10-2015
2 - 1 Kane
180 mins
RE: INTERNATIONAL THREAD - (EQ) England v Estonia and Lithuania - St Charles Owl - 12-10-2015
OP updated to reflect Lithuania predictions.
Here's where qualification stands prior to today's games.
Qualified
France (Hosts)
Iceland
Czech Republic
Belgium
Wales
Spain
Germany
Poland
England
Switzerland
Northern Ireland
Romania
Austria
Italy
Portugal
Albania
RE: INTERNATIONAL THREAD - (EQ) England v Estonia and Lithuania - consilio - 12-10-2015
5-0 Jagielka
198 mins
RE: INTERNATIONAL THREAD - (EQ) England v Estonia and Lithuania - Maddix - 12-10-2015
1-0 Barkley
just need another 5 goals for a 
2-0 Kane, four more requiredÂ
RE: INTERNATIONAL THREAD - (EQ) England v Estonia and Lithuania - St Charles Owl - 12-10-2015
Decent performance so far, nothing special but it's always difficult playing a team that are sitting so deep.
RE: INTERNATIONAL THREAD - (EQ) England v Estonia and Lithuania - Maddix - 12-10-2015
Those artificial pitches are shit to play on too. They just make the game artificial.
They should only be allowed to be used for drunken 25 a side, three hour long, kickabouts between the English versus the Germans/Dutch/French/Spanish/Italians/Jocks and Paddys whilst on holiday in the Canary Islands
RE: INTERNATIONAL THREAD - (EQ) England v Estonia and Lithuania - St Charles Owl - 12-10-2015
I always feel like I am watching a pre-season friendly when it's on an artificial pitch. Of course the way the game turned out was more like a pre-season game anyway. England in complete control without getting out of second gear. Well done to them, 10 games, 10 wins, not really troubled at all and a perfect job well done.
RE: INTERNATIONAL THREAD - (EQ) England v Estonia and Lithuania - Maddix - 12-10-2015
There are so many different nuances that a good footballer can use on grass that don't apply on an artificial surface. Even the direction the turf has been cut makes a difference to the pace that needs to be put on a pass or knowing that it's a quite wet down one wing so a long ball will hold up or skid on depending on the trajectory ... artificial pitches don't add to the skills of the game like some would have us believe, they just take the real skills away from the top talent.
RE: INTERNATIONAL THREAD - (EQ) England v Estonia and Lithuania - Washington - 12-10-2015
My analogy of grass and artificical turf is that real grass is like playing squash and the turf is like playing raquetball.
The first time I played the latter over here I'd rush to hit the ball like in squash only to find it had bounced over my head and was at the back of the feckin court.
RE: INTERNATIONAL THREAD - (EQ) England v Estonia and Lithuania - St Charles Owl - 13-10-2015
Update to the International BML, Washington rounds off a fine weekend by adding another
against Lithuania to the two he picked up against Estonia!!! BML is up to date ready for the next international game.