As I just mentioned, international football is such a different creature to the domestic game - players are adapting to new teammates, new coaches, new styles of play; and, most of the time, the games are far less competitive, and played with far lower intensity than the typical EPL game - that it doesn't provide much of a clue as to players' form or confidence. A player who has a blinder for his country might well go back to misfiring for his club... and vice versa.
Also, I've been travelling for the last 10 days, so haven't found the time to watch any of the international games yet.... and I might not. It's not a high priority for me at the moment. Sorry.
I would be interested to hear if anyone has an argument to make that this or that player has made a case for inclusion in our FPL sides (or for being dropped!) on the basis of their international performance this past week. But I get the impression that the majority of FPL enthusiasts share my tepid engagement; there seem to have been almost no comments on the forums I usually follow about player performances for their countries.
Soon enough, we'll have another round of actual Premier League games to fret over the implicaions of....
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