England take on France tonight in a friendly - I scoff at the thought. Its hardly worthwhile playing games like these. My reasons are many, but a few in particular is relevant - Its practically half-way through the season, its absolutely the wrong time to be playing a meaningless, irrelevant game when players bodies are already being battered every 3 days.
That said however, I will probably watch the game to see how young Gibbs and Walcott get on - just to prove I'm opinionated and have an appreciation for irony, a wonderful combination. Wilshire has returned to Arsenal for treatment and faces a sprint to the weekend for the game against the Spuds.
I really wonder how many of our players come back with knocks...I shudder to think really. Fingers crossed - RvP might make it back in one piece!
There are plenty of other international friendlies going on. For those that are interested in betting there is plenty to be interested in, the USA for example being 3-1 to beat South Africa. The USA are away, but their quality should see them through - they will be familiar with the territory and won't be overawed with the atmosphere and the probably howl of the Vuvuzelas.
Other games worth a punt include Morocco against Northern Ireland over in Ireland. I think Morocco have this all day - especially as the Northern Ireland squad has been decimated by injuries including a new keeper and players all across the midfield and defence. I've seen odds at 3.5-1 on that.
There are bargains out there to be had, but don't bother with England, you'll never get decent odds on them.
Lets get this out of the way and bring on the weekend!! I will write a preview up this arvo for Spuds.
WG.
