nicely demonstrates the contradictory media stance, I think

"The French trio's performances, along with those of the outstanding Yoann Gourcuff and Benzema, continually illustrated the technical gulf in class between the sides."

but then

"This frailty again raises doubts about Capello's ability ... and whether the Italian is still the right man to lead England.

France replaced Raymond Domenech after their World Cup failure, and under Blanc have shown visible signs of improvement ... England, by contrast, stuck with Capello after the World Cup, and ... Wednesday's poor display shows he is a long way behind Blanc in his plans for the future."

Either the problem is that there's a technical gulf in class between our players and theirs, or it's that we've got a crap manager and they've got a good one.

I know where my money is.

And I don't think anyone can expect Capello to magic technically-able players out of thin air (unless he's allowed to issue British passports to foreign players). Exactly the same problem that has faced every English manager since Revie.

Posted By: Tricky Hawes on November 18th 2010 at 13:02:56

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insightful analysis (Other Football) - jayson blair, Nov 18, 12:52:33
- nicely demonstrates the contradictory media stance, I think (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 18, 13:02:56
  - I was a little disappointed by the BBC's correspondent's report on Today this morning. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Nov 18, 13:08:48
    - Barely mentioned on Radio 3 (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, Nov 18, 13:15:19
      - What *do* they talk about on R3? (Other Football) - duke of york, Nov 18, 13:16:22
        
        Very little, they play music. (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, Nov 18, 13:17:16
        
        The only time I ever hear R3 is when I'm trans-pennine and the R4 signal drops out a bit (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Nov 18, 13:20:29
        
        It is very mixed and they play a lot of singerist stuff, which I'm not too keen on. (Other Football) - CB41, Nov 18, 13:23:38
        
        Classic FM, ugh. (Other Football) - yarmyyarmy, Nov 18, 13:27:52
        
        I know, that's why I use it very sparingly. Also, if you listen to it for more (Other Football) - CB41, Nov 18, 13:35:40
    - really? missed that, but beeb have had it in for Capello for a while (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 18, 13:12:53
      - It was early. Before half six. (n/m) (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Nov 18, 13:13:48
    - Yes (Other Football) - Old Git, Nov 18, 13:11:05
  - We need Harry Rednapp, he'd get them playing with passion and fire (Other Football) - Old Git, Nov 18, 13:05:33
    - I actually think we would play better if Redknapp was manager (Other Football) - duke of york, Nov 18, 13:11:20
  - We should realise our technical deficiencies and play to our strengths - (Other Football) - CB41, Nov 18, 13:04:40
- No idea why the press are analysing that game to death. It was England B at best (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 18, 12:54:38
  - Isn't England A at it's best B grade? (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, Nov 18, 13:02:51
  - it is still a full international fixture (Other Football) - jayson blair, Nov 18, 13:00:19
    - It was just more dull than all the other dull internationals. (Other Football) - CB41, Nov 18, 13:02:01
      - but should "dull" preclude analysis? (Other Football) - jayson blair, Nov 18, 13:07:45
        
        No "dull" is just the thought of an England game, especially when the (Other Football) - CB41, Nov 18, 13:11:27
- To make it worse, that miss seems to have been in injury time at 0-0 ! (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 18, 12:53:32
  - more one-footed (Other Football) - jayson blair, Nov 18, 13:11:57

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