> immediate. Someone said this morning, I think on the Today programme, > give it 10 to 12 > years.
It was the Today programme, and they were talking about skills coaches, and the fact that Germany and Italy have about 12 skills coaches to 1 in England, the German and Italian skills coaches have been in place for about 10 years, that the FA are only now investing in these specialist coaches, hence it taken 10 to 12 years for their endeavours to come to fruition and our national team improve. I thought another good point made in that piece was that the Premier League is so popular because it employs both the skilful foreign footballer, and the heart on his sleeve give all for the team English player. Together it makes for entertaining football. Unfortunately you can't win with heart on sleeve give all footballers at international level. But you can't just blame the FA/PL. Heart on sleeve players are very very popular with English football fans - I've stated before Deano is my fave Leeds player, and he wasn't the most gifted technically :-/ And look at the adoration Becchio gets? Contrast that with some of the more technically gifted players we've had, Kewell for instance, they're just not as popular (and he wasn't even before he weaselled out of the club). Mind you, I can't imagine why anyone's looking forward to tennis? It's about as thrilling as golf! DRB _______________________________________________ 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
