Comments on: WILL FRIENDLY MATCHES ON NOVEMBER 19 MAKE A DIFFERENCE? http://malawi.worldcupblog.org/team-news/will-friendly-matches-on-november-19-make-a-difference.html World Cup 2010 - South Africa Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:48:19 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Josh http://malawi.worldcupblog.org/team-news/will-friendly-matches-on-november-19-make-a-difference.html/comment-page-1#comment-79 Josh Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:05:25 +0000 http://malawi.worldcupblog.org/team-news/will-friendly-matches-on-november-19-make-a-difference.html#comment-79 "The sad thing is that this was a friendly game in mid-November before many important club fixtures," Wenger added. "So many players have pulled out because this international break is very badly positioned. It would be very interesting for Fifa and Uefa to make a study of the players who did not play in any national team but who will play on Saturday or in the Champions League next week. "It is bad timing because it doesn't prepare teams for official games because there are no games before March, and also because it just in front of some very important club games. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/7739392.stm “The sad thing is that this was a friendly game in mid-November before many important club fixtures,” Wenger added.

“So many players have pulled out because this international break is very badly positioned. It would be very interesting for Fifa and Uefa to make a study of the players who did not play in any national team but who will play on Saturday or in the Champions League next week.

“It is bad timing because it doesn’t prepare teams for official games because there are no games before March, and also because it just in front of some very important club games.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/7739392.stm

]]> By: Villa http://malawi.worldcupblog.org/team-news/will-friendly-matches-on-november-19-make-a-difference.html/comment-page-1#comment-73 Villa Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:15:40 +0000 http://malawi.worldcupblog.org/team-news/will-friendly-matches-on-november-19-make-a-difference.html#comment-73 sscouser, Scouser, whatever your name is, I agree with you. Some friendly matches are just meaningless. This is not time to try new players. New players were supposed to be tried before the preliminary rounds. sscouser, Scouser, whatever your name is, I agree with you. Some friendly matches are just meaningless. This is not time to try new players. New players were supposed to be tried before the preliminary rounds.

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