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First Team International Starters

HobbitSpur

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If we look at our possible 1st Team Starters :-

Lloris​
Walker Kaboul Vertoghen BAE​
Sandro​
Paulinho Dembele​
Chadli Soldado Bale​

and a big assumption that we get Saldado...

They are all First Team Starters for there country. Is there any other Team in the PL that can boast this??
 

EnfieldYiddo

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If we look at our possible 1st Team Starters :-

Lloris​
Walker Kaboul Vertoghen BAE​
Sandro​
Paulinho Dembele​
Chadri Saldado Bale​

and a big assumption that we get Saldado...

They are all First Team Starters for there country. Is there any other Team in the PL that can boast this??

Walker, Kaboul, Sandro all aren't first choice and it's debatable on several others.

Also it's Soldado and Chadli... Just a heads up :)
 

Sauniere

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Walker, Kaboul, Sandro all aren't first choice and it's debatable on several others.

Also it's Soldado and Chadli... Just a heads up :)

I think he means first choice starters for club who are also internationals
 

HobbitSpur

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Walker, Kaboul, Sandro all aren't first choice and it's debatable on several others.

Also it's Soldado and Chadli... Just a heads up :)


Note to self "always check typing before posting":oops:



I think they are all first team aren't they, Sandro I'm sure is and Walker & Kaboul have been injured the past few internationals.
 

Blake Griffin

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lloris, vertonghen, bae, dembele and bale are 100% starters for their national team. the rest are close depending on fitness/form.
 

Spurrific

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Walker, Kaboul, Sandro all aren't first choice and it's debatable on several others.

Also it's Soldado and Chadli... Just a heads up :)

Several others? How? BAE - first choice when he makes himself available for selection, Vertonghen - can't remember the last game he wasn't selected for, Lloris - captain, Sandro - IS first choice DM for Brazil, Paulinho - first choice firmly established now, Dembele - another first choice, Bale - not sure he'd make the Welsh team.
 

EnfieldYiddo

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Note to self "always check typing before posting":oops:



I think they are all first team aren't they, Sandro I'm sure is and Walker & Kaboul have been injured the past few internationals.

I don't know it's tough with internationals.

I took your post to mean nailed on starters, i.e like Neymar is for Brazil, Hart for England.

Johnson seems to be favoured over Walker and Kaboul is in and out of it, mostly due to his injuries.

Hard to say for sure but I get your point we have a lot of international experience.
 

EnfieldYiddo

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Several others? How? BAE - first choice when he makes himself available for selection, Vertonghen - can't remember the last game he wasn't selected for, Lloris - captain, Sandro - IS first choice DM for Brazil, Paulinho - first choice firmly established now, Dembele - another first choice, Bale - not sure he'd make the Welsh team.

Chadli and Soldado, so there's my quota for several others.
 

EnfieldYiddo

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Not entirely sure 2 counts as several but I'm extremely gullible and will take you word for it.

Haha not sure why the fuck I said that and justified my quota of several with two, massive fail moment.

Now I can't think of a third and I'm going to have to backtrack and say I meant a couple :(

You win this time Spurrific...
 

Blake Griffin

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Several others? How? BAE - first choice when he makes himself available for selection, Vertonghen - can't remember the last game he wasn't selected for, Lloris - captain, Sandro - IS first choice DM for Brazil, Paulinho - first choice firmly established now, Dembele - another first choice, Bale - not sure he'd make the Welsh team.

lucas was first choice, he then got injured so sandro took that place, he then got injured so luiz gustavo took his place. there isn't a clear first choice, maybe sandro will be at the end of the season but he isn't right now.
 

Spurrific

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lucas was first choice, he then got injured so sandro took that place, he then got injured so luiz gustavo took his place. there isn't a clear first choice, maybe sandro will be at the end of the season but he isn't right now.

True, Luiz Gustavo's impressed as well I believe. I'm sure Sandro will reclaim his place, though, provided he recovers well from the injury.
 

nightgoat

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I think they are all first team aren't they, Sandro I'm sure is and Walker & Kaboul have been injured the past few internationals.

For some utterly baffling reason a succession of England managers have thought Glen Johnson can actually defend.
 

Wardy

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Although impressive, the big downside is that they play a lot of extra games and a much greater chance of getting injured :(
 
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