One footballer, who has played in the Premier League, has played international football in four decades.
Who is that.
One footballer, who has played in the Premier League, has played international football in four decades.
Who is that.
I know that one so I'll leave it for a bit to let some one else guess.
Stern John?
Nope. 95-11.Originally Posted by Alex
Mark Scwarzer must go pretty close... though I think he might have only done youth in the 80s and senior in early 90s.
Edwin Van Der Sar?
Teddy Sheringham? Gordan Strachan?
Yeah I know this one too.
Haha just had to look it up because it was doing my nut
Rigobert Song
Wait no
I got it, what a great question.
Answer it then so you can give us another 3 paragraph question that gets solved inside a minute.
Nah I dont want to ask another as I cant think of one unless its a really obscure one.
Sod it someone else can ask one, first come first served and all that.
Its Yari Litmannen
I have kindly been donated a question...
As of September 2016, who are the only two players in Premier League history to have scored score over 100 goals without any of them being penalties. Name them.
Solskjaer must be one. I vaguely remember being surprised to read Les Ferdinand took few, if any, penalties?
Andy Cole, Sir Les, Van Nistelrooy. Stan Collymore.
I don't think he took penalties even when he was here in Oz so I am going to go with Emile Ivanhoe Heskey.
Name the six Davids who have a Premier League Champions medal.
Beckham, Seaman, May, Platt.
This brings to mind the South Park yelp reviewer episode. 'it's pronounced David'.
Silva and De Gea?
Yes alright.
A lot of people say Batty, but he famously refused his.
Don't we have to wait for confirmation on the last question before posting another or am I missing something?
It was Heskey and Ferdinand.
It was indeed Heskey and Ferdinand.
Which non-English world cup winner has a statue in the English town he was born in?
Not going to say it cos it will ruin it but I got this first timeit was well known that he was born in England during that World Cup.
Pretty sure I'm right so don't click it if you don't want it spoiled.
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Yeah that's right. I thought it might have been long enough for people to forget, maybe by World Cup 2026
Eight of an international team's top ten most capped players were on the field at the same time in one high profile game. Name the team and the game.
I think that's France in their heyday. Maybe the semi in 98?
Half right
Are we only counting 'high profile' matches then? Spain have come close a few times over the years at big tournaments but could've done it in qualifiers.
I reckon its the 1-0 defeat to Senegal in 2002.
Croatia at some point or another in the last few years?
Gibraltar v anyone
Nope nope nope nope.
Correct as of late 2014 but I don't think anyone's beaten it since, though I guess Spain could have.
Gibraltar is definitely right. Pick a Montenegro game and that'll be right as well.
Bloody Gibraltar. Ok I'll amend the question to tournament rather than high profile match. As I said Rosk had it half right.
Ok is the answer 8 of the ten most capped at the time of the match or overall?
Because France have loads of games between 1998 and 2002 where that would be applicable.
Overall.
1 Lilian Thuram 1994–2008 142 2 2 Thierry Henry 1997–2010 123 51 3 Marcel Desailly 1993–2004 116 3 4 Zinedine Zidane 1994–2006 108 31 5 Patrick Vieira 1997–2009 107 6 6 Didier Deschamps 1989–2000 103 4 7 Laurent Blanc 1989–2000 97 16 Bixente Lizarazu 1992–2004 97 2 9 Sylvain Wiltord 1999–2006 92 26 10 Fabien Barthez 1994–2006 87 0
GK 16 Fabien Barthez RB 15 Lilian Thuram 58'
CB 8 Marcel Desailly CB 5 Laurent Blanc LB 3 Bixente Lizarazu 86'
CM 4 Patrick Vieira CM 7 Didier Deschamps (c) RW 6 Youri Djorkaeff AM 10 Zinedine Zidane LW 12 Thierry Henry CF 21 Christophe Dugarry Substitutions: FW 13 Sylvain Wiltord 58'
FW 20 David Trezeguet MF 11 Robert Pirès
France vs Italy Euro 2000 final?
this is a really shite question. fuck you andy.
TAPS AFF!
MMH is correct. Great question.
Shit question, Andy.
Which team had footballers that played football with a football on a football field?
Italy, USA 94.
It's an odd question because those French players weren't the most capped at the time. Croatia beat it in Euro 2008 against Turkey. The only player not in their top 10 most capped players on the pitch was Danijel Prajnic. They could have had a full 11 but Dario Simic was on the bench.
One England player called up to the 2006 World Cup squad had not been capped by the time the tournament began. Name that player.
Probably a goalie...
Theo?
Not Theo - that's the obvious guess cos everyone knows he was a sudden call up, but he got a cap just before the tournament
I knew that was a QI klaxon answer. I remember Lennon getting a cap against Jamaica in the build up but don't remember Theo.
The goalies were Robinson, James and...I don't remember but goalies normally get 45 minutes in a friendly.
Haha that is the perfect description.
I know this because he signed for Villa not that long after.
EDIT: Oh wait, I thought NRC went to that. Fuck my memory is dogshit.
Was Scott Carson around then wasnt it? Or Robert Green?
Carson
Which player has had the most shots from outside the box in the Premier League this season?
Ooh good one. If anyone has had more than Andros Townsend they're doing well.
Got it in one. Coutinho is only 1 behind in the equivalent of 2 fewer games.
Same criteria but this time - most passes?
Hahaha sorry for killing the question, I assumed I was wrong. One goal from all those shots, he's not even good at long-range shooting.
It'll be some shitty holding midfielder. David Batty won this one season.
Idrissa Gueye
In the top 10 but no.
More likely to be some centre back that only ever passes sideways. I'll guess Otamendi or Stones at City. Actually it could be one of ours, Vertonghen and Alderweireld like to pass the ball between them for 15-20 minutes each match.
Kante?
I looked it up. Close. Not surprised by who is top but more just how many more passes they've attempted and completed than number 2. Adam Forshaw is 11!!
It depends upon the criteria whether completed passes or including long balls but Kante is top 5. This player is top by about 20% whichever way you look at it.
It's a midfielder, defenders don't actually pass that much.
Its going to be a team that control games then. Liverpool or Arsenal most likely. Henderson? Cazorla?
Henderson is number 1 and Cazorla is probably number 2.
The fewest is any midfielder in a Tony Pulis side.
Not Victor Wanyama?
44 players have played every minute of the Premier League season so far this season. Two have missed just two minutes of action. Who are they?
Players interested in having the ball only.
Ummmmmm, I don't follow the PL much so could be way off but for some reason I'm thinking defenders so, Mertasacker, Smalling, Otamendi.
Incorrect.
One defender, one attacker.
Ah so it was you that doesn't rate Wanyama Alex. You are so wrong, he is fantastic. Better and better every time I see him.
Cahill.
You're being fooled by good tactics. There are players that do what he does and a lot more. Dier and to a much bigger extent Dembele spring to mind.
Ah yes, I suppose I'm just too stupid to understand football properly. Wanyama has been excellent since he joined the side. Far outperforming Dier (who is fantastic) in the same role.
Don't listen to Alex, he thinks Johnny Russell is shit
Nope.
The two players play for teams that aren't supporter by any posters on this site.
No need to take a difference of opinion personally, Peter Griffin.
Ohhhhh Winston reid?
His goal the other day is a perfect example of what Russell should be used for. He can run fast and kick the ball hard which he does to very good effect, so play him as a striker. When he has time to think or has to adopt positions to create space he is a thick footballer.Don't listen to Alex, he thinks Johnny Russell is shit
That's my jam!
Not a centre back
I've seen him play well out wide many times, Not to say he hasn't had bad game obvs.
This could take till fucking Christmas
Not particularly personal, but you dismissing it as me not understanding a player I'll have seen a lot more of than you this season seems pretty dopey.
You respond in the exact same manner whenever I mention a Tottenham player. You get upset and claim to have seen them more. You don't own opinions on Tottenham players, Peter.
You and me are going to fucking fall out pal, which would be a shame as you are my only acquaintance here
Don't be that guy that accuses people of getting upset when they disagree with you, it's a weak arguing tactic that is easily seen through.
It has nothing to do with me being a Tottenham fan. Obviously. I'm happy to criticise Spurs players when they play badly, God knows I've had enough experience of it.
As a general rule, seeing a player play regularly probably means your opinion is worth more than someone that doesn't. I wouldn't try to jump in and tell BBF why *checks Wikipedia* Luke Gambin is not as good as he thinks. Of course the obvious response to that is to say not if that person knows fuck all about football...but literally everyone is saying what a great job Wanyama is doing at the moment. Have they all been tricked as well?
I haven't been to watch Barnet since the day we won the league. Gambin's a cunt who tried to fleece us for more money until Orient told him he was shit. don't start about Gambin with me
He's class and you're wrong.
Yes, I disagree with those people too. I think his limitations are being very well disguised by the tactics that Poch employs. He only has to look centrally and has a very focussed area to cover with very good players around him. I don’t feel it’s a particularly impressive role that he plays and think many players could do it as well and many could contribute more. I would say his performances are fine, I’m not panning them, but I think he could be upgraded and I think those limitations will cost Spurs at some point.
I have been hugely impressed by Spurs this season. I have them as the most impressive team in the League and was baffled when Man City went odds on for the league after beating crap teams and Spurs odds doubled after beating or competing well against good sides.
There is subjectivity on these matters and I get as many wrong as right but that’s the nature of discussion. We have held differing opinions on Spurs players before in the face of widely spread opinion and been respectively right or wrong, it is irrelevant what widespread opinion is.
I can't agree at all. That's what I EXPECTED to think of him - that he was a solid defensive midfielder but a limited footballer, someone who might get found out playing for a team who see more of the ball (as happened with Palacios, who was exceptionally good when we were a crap, reactive side, but was quickly exposed when we improved and needed midfielders who could control a ball or pass three feet in front of them). But he has been so much more than that. He's even better defensively than I expected - not just winning the 50-50s but stealing balls where he has no right to and simply being far too big and strong for anyone to get past - but his technical ability is much better than I'd expected. He still keeps it simple for the most part, but he's comfortable with the ball under pressure and moves it forward to the creative players very quickly and intelligently. Dier was exceptional for us last season and I still think he will captain both Spurs and England one day - but he is on the bench deservedly at the moment, because Wanyama has made himself undroppable.
See this is the other side of the "I've seen more of us so I know better" coin - I don't think we've been as impressive as people are saying. Solid defensively for sure (and often quite lucky - teams have missed some really good chances this season that would have affected our results, particularly the Liverpool game) and with loads of energy, but not putting away the chances we create. City have gone off the boil a touch but I'd still expect them to win the league this season, and I think Liverpool have been far more convincing than us so far - where we've been lucky so far, they've been unlucky, and if that turns then they will be right up there.I have been hugely impressed by Spurs this season. I have them as the most impressive team in the League and was baffled when Man City went odds on for the league after beating crap teams and Spurs odds doubled after beating or competing well against good sides.
Come off it. As with any issue, if basically everyone is disagreeing with you ,you're probably wrong. Pointing out that it's subjective doesn't alter this - you can't factually prove me wrong if I say that Cameron Jerome is a better player than Luis Suarez, but I'd still be blatantly wrong. I don't subscribe to the idea that ex-pros or professional football writers' opinions are inherently more valuable than the average punter, but when EVERYONE is going on about Wanyama being brilliant and you're the only one who disagrees, it's a bit weak to just go "well it's all opinions and the overwhelming consensus is irrelevant".There is subjectivity on these matters and I get as many wrong as right but that’s the nature of discussion. We have held differing opinions on Spurs players before in the face of widely spread opinion and been respectively right or wrong, it is irrelevant what widespread opinion is.
Mesut Ozil was the fifth Arsenal player to score a Champions League hat trick. Name the other four.
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