All the players in the England "team" play at top clubs in the Premiership and earn stellar wages - combined I'd guess much more than Italy do (legally) - yet when they play for England they revert to pub team players, Milner and young were just embarrassing - is it pressure or more likely cos they don't get paid enough to care?
ttfn Richard >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >On Behalf Of John Boocock IFA >Sent: 25 June 2012 08:41 >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [LU] New levels of indifference > >On 25/06/2012 07:49, DAVID NATTAN wrote: >> Brave performances overall but we are just not good enough > >After the match we took the dog for a walk and discussed the four games >we have seen over the past two weekes. We did feel that in a limited >time Roy Hodgson had made a start at dealing with a malaise that has >permeated the England National team for several years. Admittedly a lot >of that has been fuelled by a moronic press iaded and abetted by a >distant FA. No off the pitch shennaigans this time round, no rumbles >from within the team camp and no widldy optomistic forecasts from a team >that always looked like it would never get further than the group >stages. Last night answered a lot of questions for me. The way >football is run and organised in England mitigates against having the >best possible national team (the arguments that support that are well >rehearsed). > >I like Roy Hodgson and the way he's organised things, he got a lot of >mileage out of the team he had and I have a sneaking feeling that the >world cup qualifiers later this year could be interesting - I've not >been this intersted since 1966. > >I read this article on Saturday and I felt it gave an interesting angle >on the team: http://tinyurl.com/7nh6rgu > >Dave, I know you are a big England fan but I wouldn't be depressed by >all this - there might just be a bright light at the end of the tunnel >mate > >Betty >_______________________________________________ >Leedslist mailing list >Info and options: >http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist >To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > >PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate
