but none of our players seem to be playing to their full potential under Sven..don't you find it strange that these players can be playing consistently well for their clubs and then come to England games and look like a sunday morning pub side?aussie said:
That is a very good point, but i do think England have the squad to win a world cup with the current state that interanational is in. Clearly a masssive improvment has to be made and some of the blame must be atached to sven, however if the players come into the tounament fit and on good form amd motivated which they shouldnt have to be by anyone except themselves they do have a chanceBarney Rubble said:
It was actually completely unintentional! It's all true though.
And Pothas, the reason Greece won Euro 2004 was not blind luck, as with Liverpool's CL victory - they both had fantastic managers, who knew how to get the best out of their players. England do not. You cannot win international tournaments without a) a squad of players who naturally gel (e.g. Brazil) or an outstanding manager who can fit contrasting players together (e.g. Otto Rehhagel). England have neither.
not necessarily inspiration, formation might be something to do with it as would the individual instructions he gives to the players (which we wouldn't necessarily know about)aussie said:
The players might not have been that bad individually, but as a team they didn't close anyone down - in fact they pretty much shepherded Austria til they got to about 25 yards out from England's goal, they were way too deep most of the time and had 4 defenders to their one forward for most of the game, they had virtually no urgency and played at a low tempo which played into Austria's hands, they either passed the ball sideways or hoofed it all night - I just don't see the point in passing the ball along the back line for a minute and then inevitably hitting it 50 yards to Crouch. Most of these problems do come from the manager tho...marc71178 said:
Not in the game I watched he wasn't. In fact, I could easily have been unaware he was playing in the game I watched - I was too busy trying to fathom exactly how Peter Crouch got himself out of the Championship where he belongs and into the Liverpool side, let alone the England side.marc71178 said:
What annoyed me was the way the commentators were talking about how England were hanging on for the win. If they were really hanging on, how come Austria never got a decent shot on goal in the game?Craig said:
It's truly lame the way the media, managers or whatever have brainwashed people into believing this rubbish about 'only the result matters' and 'don't want to peak too early'. If England can't play well now when they had ample motivation to do in the last 3 games then why are they likely to raise their game for a World Cup?Craig said:
In case you forgot the world cup is actualy over 6 months away. The players would have had a huge amount of football between now and then. I really dont think that when they start playing in the world cup these games will have any bearing. They are on bad form and form doesnt usualy last 6 months.Scaly piscine said:
but the point is they aren't on bad form, they are playing pretty well for their clubs week in week out - Beckham for example is probably playing his best football since he moved to Madrid.Pothas said:
