Road to Russia 2018

[Uppercut]

Not sure about best XI, but Buffon, Keita, Alaba, Veratti, and Pjanic spring to mind in terms of notable player absentees.

At least we won't have to endure the "Do it for Buffon because he is a nice man" rhetoric/narrative this time round though.

Bale is the big one. Maybe something like:

Handanovic

Alaba
Bailly
Chiellini
Florenzi

Naingollan
Verratti
Keita

Bale
Sanchez
Aubameyang

 

[Burgey]

Haha, you mean the History Channel actually has historical content these days? A few years back the only thing they showed was Ice Road Truckers, Pawn Stars, Swamp People, and Lizard Lick Towing.

Not that I minded this, but it always raised an eyebrow about why the channel had the word "History" in the title.

They still have loads of that sort of stuff. Paranormal shows too. Bizarre.

 

[marc71178]

Yeah, usually I find it rolls around really quickly after the Prem finishes but it seems like the waiting is dragging on big time this time around.

Didn't they deliberately finish it a week earlier this season specifically for the World Cup?

 

[Burgey]

Another win for Aussie Bert’s charges on their undefeated European tour, this time over Hungary in Budapest.