Emphasising athletic ability ahead of skill...

...meaning they do well with the over-age bunch against 17 yr olds, but fail against comparable ages when the rest catch up. No-one should be getting more than 30 or so caps for the U21's IMO.

Posted By: mr chimp on June 8th 2013 at 21:45:01

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Re. stuart Pearce,i seem to remember us getting to the semi final and then the final of th (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 8, 19:05:31
- The under 21 job used to be part time (it should be really) (Other Football) - pants, Jun 8, 19:50:15
  - How did we get to the final 2 tournaments ago then? i'm not saying he's a genius by any me (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 8, 19:55:03
    - Because of what he achieved as a club manager (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Jun 8, 20:06:56
      - I'm not saying he's great by any means,but the performances of the u21s can't all be down (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 8, 20:10:27
        
        Him for me (Other Football) - pants, Jun 8, 20:13:12
        
        Fair enough mr pants! (n/m) (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 8, 20:15:10
        
        I wouldn't even have bothered talking about normally,just bored shitless. (n/m) (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 8, 20:15:57
    - Just checked,he DID get us to the semi's as well,in 2007,and yes seemingly it's got worse (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 8, 20:00:32
- haven't a lot of players been fast-tracked into the full team (Other Football) - Mecagoenti, Jun 8, 19:16:36
  - True,perhaps it's just down to that,certainly if you stuck those lads in we're a much stro (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 8, 19:21:24
- If young players aren't playing in first teams the U21 team has no hope of success (Other Football) - Klobo04, Jun 8, 19:11:05
  - Henderson played 30 games for Liverpool last season (Other Football) - mrleelee, Jun 8, 19:18:08
    - And yet he got us to a euro u21 final 2 tournaments ago? how does that work then? (n/m) (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 8, 19:23:03
      - Emphasising athletic ability ahead of skill... (Other Football) - mr chimp, Jun 8, 21:45:01
  - Agreed,i'm not saying he's a world beating coach but it just be down to him. (n/m) (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 8, 19:13:42
    - The biggest problem with the England team at all levels (Other Football) - Klobo04, Jun 8, 19:17:56
      - Or premier league clubs. (n/m) (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 8, 19:21:54
        
        Its not even Premier League clubs (Other Football) - Klobo04, Jun 8, 19:25:39
        
        Yeah but they can only do that because their pockets are full of sky tv money.it's a self (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 8, 19:29:39
    - *Can't*. (n/m) (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 8, 19:14:26

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