SheffieldSaddler wrote:Bangor Cymru Saddler wrote:I blame the way football is played in this country. Pathetic, rubbish, tactically inept, mindless kick and rush football. We are an embarassment - and an absolute shambles.
Capello is NOT a bad manager. that was near enough the same side that waltzed through the qualifiers. Quite simply, the over rated, over played, over hyped morons playing in that glorious white shirt should be absolutely ashamed of themselves. What a pathetic bunch of 'footballers'.
We have hyped the likes of Gerrard, Lampard and Rooney to be 'world class'..no..they are premiership class - which means they take advantage of slower players - but when it comes to the world stage, Rooney could not even lace Lionel Messi's boots, Gerrard should never be allowed to breathe the same air as Andres Iniesta.
If we are going to the win the world cup in the next 20 years, there needs to be a revolution of the type of football we play in this country. We need to produce skilful players with good technical ability (like most nations now), who look to keep the ball, and play triangles and will receive the ball under pressure. What we don't want is kick and rush football employed by sunday morning kids managers. If we do not do this, then we will be resigned to failures like today again.
The germans have done it brilliantly over the last 10 years. I watch the Bundesliga a lot, and I have seen the emergence of a short and attacking style of play in the last few years especially. The dutch have done the same since the 70's. The dutch incidentally (as have Germany) have rebuilt a side from scratch in the last few years - promoting their hungry young players into the international arena - that is what we need to do.
At the moment, the way football is in this country, we could not even dream of producing a player like Mesut Ozil.
For me we need to bring in the youth - in preparation for 4 years time:
Hart
G.Johnson Dawson Tomkins Bertrand
Milner Huddlestone Rodwell
Walcott Rooney A.Johnson
I would rather see a young and hungry team fight for England, than a bunch of over paid morons. I wish David Beckham was out there today - I think we missed his class and distinction on the pitch.
What a desperate state we are in...
Just a quick question then.
If our football is so bad, how come the teams from the Premiership always do well in the Champions League?
Do not these players/teams play the football you so want us to move away from?
Who has won the champions league twice in the last two years? Funny how that has coincided with their European Championship win...and their status as favourites....
The other favourites for the World Cup are Argentina and Brazil. We could not even shine their boots.
I think you miss the distinction I am trying to make though in all honesty. It is all well and good having strong club teams - however when those club teams are in the MAJORITY NOT ENGLISH - then you have a problem - a serious problem.
Let's look at the two winners of the Spanish and English leagues.
Chelsea - Terry and Cole (Joe Cole is now a free agent)
Barcelona - Valdes, Pique, Puyol, Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets, Pedro - and have now signed Villa (investing in SPANISH talent).
Hmmm - I see the difference. Do you?