It doesn't matter who is in charge, You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear.

This has been brewing for a long long time but many have chosen to ignore it.

England, tactically and technically are simply not good enough. The team has not moved forward from Italia '90. I think the money that has come into the game from the Premier League has been the biggest problem. It was not distributed in the way it should have been. It should have been used for youth development and training proper coaches. Look at Holland, Germany, Spain, their coaching is terrific. The German game made sure that they set aside money for bringing forward the youth and boy did it show yesterday.

English football has suffered from the "instant gratification" society. Everyone want's everything now, regardless of the consequences. Well now we have the consequences. A bunch of players that just don't know how to compete or have the ability to compete on the world stage. The FA have to take the can for this. Their financial mismanagement in the last 17 years has been shocking, New Wembley is the perfect example.

Whilst all this has been going on, the better nations have got better, the developing nations (Slovakia, Serbia, etc) have improved greatly. The African nations have come on leaps and bounds, particularly Ghana. England has been left lagging and this tournament has exposed it. These teams are now equal, some even better than England now. England are clumsy in posession, the first touch is shocking, there is no movement, the play is one dimensional straight down the middle, they can't defend properly.

I don't blame the players (entirely), I don't blame the manager, this is the fault of the FA.

Well done FA.

Posted By: Al NCFC4life on June 28th 2010 at 10:25:01

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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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