I am not defending them because they were indescribably bad yesterday, back 4 especially

But I am baffled by the mismatch between club and country form

Sir Sweaty Redface could buy ANY STRIKER IN THE ENTIRE FUCKING WORLD. More or less, anyway. Most players would jump at the chance to play for Man Yoo. And he buys Spud, and sticks with him. He's not doing it to have a token Englishman, he doesn't give a f**k about England. He does it because, presumably, he thinks Spud is a brilliant player. And he tends to look brilliant, playing for Man Yoo. But he's been woeful all tournament. Woeful. WTF?

Same story with Lampard. He's been an ever-present for Chelsea under Ranieri, Mourinho, Grant, Scolari, Hiddink and Ancelotti. This at a club which changes players all the time. These are some of the greatest managers in the world, they could buy any player, but they keep on picking Lampard. And he regularly looks great for Chelsea. But he was crap this WC, not so much yesterday, but CRAP against US and Algeria. WTF?

So I really struggle with this whole "our players aren't bvery good"/"aren't technically gifted" stuff. If that was really true, this rich clubs with ruthless foreign managers and owners just wouldn't buy them and wouldn't select them. They MUST be technically good enough.

So what the proverbial happened??

Posted By: Old Git on June 28th 2010 at 10:24:18

Message Thread

heard andy grey on sky last night (Other Football) - strap_on sally, Jun 28, 09:58:09
- It doesn't matter who is in charge, You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear. (Other Football) - Al NCFC4life, Jun 28, 10:25:01
  - Agreed - good post! (n/m) (Other Football) - Kirrie, Jun 28, 10:44:31
- Absolutely. Someone like Kevin Keegan, for example (Other Football) - yarmyyarmy, Jun 28, 10:14:03
- See my rant down there vvv (Other Football) - camcan, Jun 28, 09:59:07
  - Maradona could become a World Cup winning manager... (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Jun 28, 10:04:10
    - What it shows is you need decent players. (Other Football) - BigDoh, Jun 28, 10:11:59
    - Just shows that they have world class players (Other Football) - duke of york, Jun 28, 10:11:06
      - I am not defending them because they were indescribably bad yesterday, back 4 especially (Other Football) - Old Git, Jun 28, 10:24:18
        
        And, if you watch teams like Chile and Mexico (Other Football) - duke of york, Jun 28, 10:30:27
        
        Yes, I can recognise that (Other Football) - Old Git, Jun 28, 10:35:07
        
        In Rooney's case (Other Football) - duke of york, Jun 28, 10:28:47
        
        That is such a lazy answer though (Other Football) - Old Git, Jun 28, 10:32:55
        
        scored 20 odd goals from midfield (n/m) (Other Football) - strap_on sally, Jun 28, 10:55:33
        
        He does though (Other Football) - duke of york, Jun 28, 10:35:54
      - argentina have veron and rodreguez *sp* in midfield (Other Football) - strap_on sally, Jun 28, 10:15:26
        
        Imagine if we had a Veron. (Other Football) - lurd, Jun 28, 10:21:26
        
        lol (Other Football) - yarmyyarmy, Jun 28, 10:16:30
        
        I was right about Barry (Other Football) - duke of york, Jun 28, 10:21:53
        
        They have enough though (n/m) (Other Football) - duke of york, Jun 28, 10:16:19
      - but more selfish (Other Football) - camcan, Jun 28, 10:13:39
        
        Yes (Other Football) - duke of york, Jun 28, 10:15:56
      - Less of the "slightly better" if you don't mind. (n/m) (Other Football) - BigDoh, Jun 28, 10:12:38

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