Furball
Evil Scotsman
Can only assume you have a bet on City -4.5 as there's no way in hell you're losing.
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*Official* English Football Season 2013-14
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Furball
Evil Scotsman
The Italians probably will. Germany's will be overwhelmingly made up of Bundesliga players as well.
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
Yeah just like how we were never going to lose to QPR and in all reality we **** the bed, went behind to ten men and got unbelievably lucky. I will never count them before they hatch or take a result for granted, you can do it all you like though.
Uppercut
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But there's a difference between "overwhelmingly" and "exclusively". Germany will have at least five or six from other leagues. England definitely won't have any.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Making myself a candidate for the Queen's award for pedantry, but Fraser Forster is at least a 50/50 shout for a spot.
flibbertyjibber
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My annual moan about the playoffs. Why have a whole seasons work resting on the result of 2 games in the space of 3 or 4 days just for tv. The whole thing is a joke, should be a week between each leg.
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
It's more that the quality of the coaching at junior/lower levels that provides the foundation of the league that doesn't cut it, and that the majority of English players have never been exposed to different (better) ways of doing things.
So the logical step is to introduce B teams! Hurrah!
NUFAN
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Oh okay. Yeah, from what I've read the B teams does seem rubbish. I wasn't aware that all junior/lower level coaches in England have the same philosophies though.
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
Well, I'm being totally anecdotal here (though it's a point often made by journos as well), but grassroots/junior coaching of football in the UK is pervaded by kick it and run/get stuck in/ man up type coaches, and there's a stigma against players who're technically, rather than physically, gifted.
Germany had similar problems until their disastrous showing at Euro 2000 called for a review of this sort of thing, whereby they ripped out all their out of date coaching practices at grass roots levels and made a concerted level to get up to date with modern ways of doing things etc... For some reason the FA has never decided this was necessary in the UK, and instead blames the inadequacy of English players on foreigners "ruining the game" and tries to compensate for it by introducing bull**** like this B team nonsense.
Germany had similar problems until their disastrous showing at Euro 2000 called for a review of this sort of thing, whereby they ripped out all their out of date coaching practices at grass roots levels and made a concerted level to get up to date with modern ways of doing things etc... For some reason the FA has never decided this was necessary in the UK, and instead blames the inadequacy of English players on foreigners "ruining the game" and tries to compensate for it by introducing bull**** like this B team nonsense.
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BoyBrumby
Englishman
How's yer aris, now, fella?
Beer's cold, old dear came up trumps with her Sunday roast, I'm back. Let's do this thang.
