Results tagged “England” from Birmingham Mail - Wolverhampton Wanderers Blog

Quite a change from the norm at Wolves' Compton training ground this morning.

Security on the front gate, security on the front door - yep, 'Team England' were in town, complete with their hugely impressive and emblazoned team coach.

Stuart Pearce's England under-21 squad were training at Compton in advance of tomorrow night's friendly with Poland which Molineux is delighted to be hosting.

Old 'Psycho' was in thoroughly professional mode, just as he was in his previous press conference about the game last Tuesday, offering some interesting thoughts including on modern-day discipline and haranguing of referees.

Call it the wise old hand of experience, but Pearce appears very adept at handling the media and, if he is the next EEMIW (English England manager-in-waiting), then that's a side of the job you would expect him to breeze through.

Of course getting results is another, and Pearce is hoping that a much-changed under-21 squad will do both that and put on a performance tomorrow night as he calls on some of his usually fringe personnel to make the most of their opportunity.

Tickets are going like hot cakes, or given the time of year hot cross buns, and a decision will be made in the morning as to whether there will be sufficient left to go on the turnstiles tomorrow.

One word of guidance for all those fans making the trip to Molineux - please ensure all cheese sandwiches are either consumed or disposed of correctly in and around the ground.

Anyone who remembers Molineux's last staging of an under-21 game back in 1996, and also against Poland, will know exactly what I mean.

O-k this isn't strictly about Wolves, but am I the only one who really doesn't give a monkey's about England's friendly with Switzerland tonight?

Really doesn't give a stuff about whether Michael Owen plays, which formation England adopt, and who appears in goal?

Perhaps there's a smidgeon of interest in the fact that it's Fabio Capello's first game at the helm, and I'm sure Villa fans will be keen to see how their players fare if they get an opportunity.

But international friendlies simply bore the pants off me. (Like they did for Paddy Ashdown so I'm told).