Hungary and Portugal Friendlies : June 4th and 11th

[Razors left peg]

This feels utterly pointless but I suppose there should be a new thread considering the Hungary game is only 2 weeks away.

Do we know when the squad is named? Do we know if most of the players will even bother turning up? Do we even care?

[JR89]

This feels utterly pointless but I suppose there should be a new thread considering the Hungary game is only 2 weeks away.

1) Do we know when the squad is named? 2) Do we know if most of the players will even bother turning up? 3) Do we even care?

1) I'd assume could be the start of next week. A Monday or Tuesday with lads joining up on the Wednesday.

2) Hopefully there's a few lads that pull out. Might actually force O'Shea to give lads like Azaz a proper run out and O'Brien to make his debut.

3) Nope. The most boring international games are June friendlies. Especially when you didn't qualify for the tournament.

I'll check out the starting XI and see if it's worth watching. Hungary and Portugal won't care just hoping nobody gets injured and O'Shea will treat it like a WC playoff game while the players are day dreaming of going on holidays.

[pineapple stu]

Do we know if most of the players will even bother turning up? Do we even care?

It does have a bit of a feel of those summer US tours. Leagues in England will be finished for almost a month by the time the games come around. The game in Portugal in particular could be ugly if we've a B team and they've players pushing for inclusion in the Euro opener a week later (like when they beat us 5-1 in the US in 2014).

Yeah, you can hope guys like O'Brien, Sammy and Azaz are involved, but if it is a repeat of the 2014 Portugal game, then you'd have to say there could be limited benefit even then.

[JR89]

Parrott will be involved in the relegation playoff and if Excelsior make it to the playoff final he won't be able to join up with the squad until June 3rd so likely misses the Hungary match.

[tetsujin1979]

Parrott will be involved in the relegation playoff and if Excelsior make it to the playoff final he won't be able to join up with the squad until June 3rd so likely misses the Hungary match.

Currently leading ADO Ten Haag 2-0 in the first leg, Parrott with an assist on the first goal
Second leg on Saturday

[Razors left peg]

Theres one thing and one thing only I want to see from these games.... does John O'Shea understand that not all football teams have to line up with 5 at the back. Sounds like a very basic thing, but his inability to change the shape in the other 2 games is what killed my hope that he could be a decent manager.

Im not convinced at this point that he wont be in the job against England in September so I hope hes at least learned something from March. I hope he hasnt come out of a 20 year playing career and all the coaching courses he has done to decide theres only 1 formation his teams will ever play.

I dont think Im asking for much.