So have we now reached the stage where the whole of our national game needs ripping up and starting again? From the evidence on show in South Africa over the last couple of weeks it would seem so. The world beating members of the squad seemed hell bent on delivering the ball either to the opposition, or very quickly to a team mate so that they didn't have to use their imagination. It reminded me of playing at school, and seeing the kids who didn't want the ball. So who is to blame? Or should we be looking for blame…? Shouldn't we just accept that we are crap and get on with the snooker or something? Well no…We should be better, and I think we are. Was it the manager's fault? Well he certainly made some strange selections. When you are needing goals desperately, you cannot EVER justify bringing on Emile Heskey for example…but ultimately, the opposition in front of us on paper, should not have been capable of competing with us, whereas in he majority of the games, they outplayed us. Was the long premiership season to blame? Well maybe….it does seem to be a cash cow now rather than a football season. That may have contributed. Do the players actually care? Well I'm not so sure they do anymore…. ultimately they can go home and count their millions and the failure in South Africa will soon be forgotten when the Sky cameras are back focusing on them. I am a very strong believer in the power of youth…and we simply do not train our kids to play football as they should….we get them to "lump it up the middle to the big lad" and it simply will never compete with the skills on display in the rest of the world….but here's the thing….I just don't think the football has been very good at all in this world cup…The press have built it up, and built up the stars, but none of them have really shone so far…the odd performance from Villa, or the occasional mazey run by Messi apart…it's been awful….Teams are more scared of losing than they are wanting to win. I'm not sure what the answer is….but it needs to be addressed.
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