Scout Scribbles – International Round Up

I honestly feel like Fantasy Football has reduced my interest in internationals. Along with the lack of enthusiasm from england players, of course

It might not matter to some people in certain countries but it matters a lot more to other people in other countries. If there were no internationals Football would entirely become the domain of Europe/UK and South America. The rest of the world will lose interest.

Bring back Gazza and Sir Bobby and we might have a team worth watching again.

In Poland international football is extremely important. Given the poor level of the Polish League people are always looking forward to watch the national team in action. That's no suprise as all of our best players (Lewandowski, Fabiański, Piszczek, Krychowiak etc.) play in the top European leagues.
There are still plenty of suprises each International break, such as Iceland winning in Amsterdam this time, or Germany being defeated by Poland for the first time in the history. England, even with their great potential, will most probably fail at early stages of Euro 2016.

As an Arsenal fan and somebody who's not particularly nationalistic I watch occasional internationals hoping Arsenal's players do well and don't get injured.

From the players' perspective I can see why so many pick up phantom injuries right before a break. In top tier European football there's too much money floating around for many to be willing to take the risk getting injured while playing for a team who aren't their main employers.

Since I got hooked on fantasy football, international football has fallen right down my list of priorities, along with other distractions like working, eating and sleeping.

The qualifiers can be incredibly boring, especially with England because it really shouldn't be to difficult to qualify, but you can't beat the buzz of an international tournament and trying to watch every game!

It matters to me. Friendlies can be boring but I'll always make an effort to watch and support England.

For me there's nothing better than watching England in the Euros / World cup. Even with the constant disappointment I'll always be there supporting.

I think i agree with most of the others.

Since i've taken fantasy football seriously, I'm more interested in the PL but i still think internationals matter. It's just watching Scotland is less enjoyable than cheering on Aguero/Silva/Sanchez... 🙁

Clap Clap Clap___C'mon England !

Engerlaand Engerlaand Engerlaaaand

Engeeerland Engerland C'mon lads!

nah.....not bothered really.

Of course they matter most soccer fans i know only love to get behind there national side.

Whats more important than representing your people and nation.

I must say being Irish my head was down about it until i saw Scotland lose to Georgie giving us a fighting chance again

It is also important as to where i will be going on my holidays next year France hopefully

Ya i think England will fail when they get there way too much pressure from the media over there

England have a great pool of players but only seem to pick team from about 4 or 5 clubs in the league and when u see some of the players they leave behind or don't even give a sniff to it shows the FA don't show much imagination they play Gerrard for years as a main man a ordinary player at best never giving the likes of Carrak or even Scholes much of a chance says it all really and if they tried something else besides Gerrard back then well the English press would have been all over them like a rash

It matters to us in Sweden since our national league is of a pretty crappy standard, except Malmö FF of course. 🙂 Although we have not had any real success in international football since 1994, which was a year to remember when it comes to Sweden's national team.

When did the international break ever matter?

I still get excited by international tournaments, for sure. And watching Wales qualify for the Euros has been exciting stuff, and I'm not even remotely Welsh (maybe a great-great-great-ancestor or something maybe).

But yes, certainly some international games can be a drag. Watching Australia hammer Bangladesh 5-0, what's the point? Bangladesh should be in their own pool with other footballing minnows, with the winner of that pool getting the chance to qualify by versing the big guns.

But to answer your first question, yees international still matter in the context that people in our fantasy teams are playing in them and there's the risk of them getting injured!

I think international friendlies are worthless but I love the world cup and euros.

Never been much bothered by England, they have been boring for most of my football experience. I am part Italian so tend to follow them.

Roberto Baggios skied penalty in 94 and the world cup win in 06 are great memories.

I would rather not sit through a borefest of Andros Townsend and Danny Welbeck against part time minnows however.

Show me an irish man who doesn't get behind his country, despite our inadequacies I will always get behind my country 🙂

They do to me.

I've never had the emotional feelings watching any Premier League football that I have watching the Republic of Ireland and experiencing our highs and lows.

The international tournaments themselves can be interesting but I have no interest in watching the qualifying games and friendlies.

I've been in love with international football, especially WC and Euro finals.. ever since Spain 82 and France 84.

Tardelli, Zoff, Lato, Matthaus, Socrates, Zico, Falcoa, Blokhin, Platini, Maradona, Enzo Scifo, Laudrop, Tigana, Hagi, Butragueno, Rummenigge

These days FIFA and UEFA should recognize the importance of the CL and national leagues and the number of international breaks should be lessened.

San Marino, Gibraltar, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein etc. etc. they should all go into a pre-qualifying group that is completed in the autumn.

Of course they matter

Good excuse for a piss up in another country

Some good times had 🙂

The question itself sounds very british to me.
In England: the league is very strong and the national team irregular if not weak => no interest
Anywhere else: massive interest every 2-4 years (WC/Euro)
Everywhere, among and outside football fans: no interest in friendlies & qualifiers.

Who doesn't get excited by the world cup? It's such an entertaining event and puts up more surprises by itself than a whole season.

Feels like ideas for a hot topic have ran out during the international break

It just depends.

I am Australian and the national team playing is what got me into football and I get exciting watching them play. The Australian team is made up of players who play in: England (PL, Championship and even League 1), Belgium, Spain, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Japan, South Korea, China, Scotland, Turkey, Italy, Germany, The Netherlands and of course in the A-League. Its always good to see the players abck together because we mostly don't see them play regularly.

From the outside looking in there seems to be a lot of disillusionment and tribalism tat negatively affects the support and interest in the English team.

I still think Internationals matter. Especially in Japan.

But whether a friendly game matters or not is a different issue. I think it largely depends on several factors such as the significance of the game, (lack of?) quality from the domestic league, and being able to see your stars that have performed overseas come back and fight for your country.

I have gotten accustomed to several disappointing defeats at the international stages that I do not get too excited by international games anymore. But the games always brought drama and surprises. Every success felt like we can achieve something at a major tournament.

actually think international football is the future. germany can't just buy bale in international football and that's great. if anything is dying it's club football imo