May 31 2008
Once Again – England Break our Heart
Once Again – England Break our Heart
England Lose to Crotia 3-2 and failed to qualify for Euro 2008.
22/11/2007 – a date to be remember
I’m surprise to see England failed to Qualify to next year European Cup, like usual it break millions of England’s supporter heart. But this time is different, this time it break our heart into pieces……pieces that will take a long time to heal or even the pieces that we will never forget for the rest of our life.
We look at the players in England team, most of them are playing in a big league – they play in the most entertaining and competitive league in the world. They get good pays, respect, honors, and win everything that can achieved for the club but when come to National Team, some of them suddenly become a different person, like a non-league player or like playing “KAMPUNG BOLA”……what is happening to them? Because of the pressure or because of something else..
I’m writing to share with you guys with my point of view on why England fails – once again.
- The Manager – Steve Mcclaren
From the 1st day he took over the post as England Manager, I knew that he will failed one day but what I didn’t expect is he failed to qualify to one of the world biggest competition after WORLD CUP – the European Cup. Although we can’t blame only the manager, the players also need to take on the responsibility but as you guys can see on what he has done against the Croatia match. You will know what I mean? He is making a terrible mistake that even a football outsider will question” What the hell is he doing to the team?”
His Mistake:
a) Lack of confident
Not only lack of confident for his self but also lack of confidence against the players his pick. Until the last match against Croatia, he still can’t figure out who is the best 11? Who is the right person to replace those key players that can’t play for England because of injury? Look at the line up and you will know.
b) Poor tactical knowledge.
In my point of view that England should play 4-4-2 instead of 4-5-1. Although without Rooney & Owen in the team, there is still much option that can be used by Mcclaren. But Mcclaren insists to use 1 striker alone – Peter Crouch who I see is only dangerous on the air and if the opponent team force England to play ground ball, he is useless.
c) Poor man management
Untested Goalkeeper – Steve Carson, Started Shaun Wright Philip ahead of David Beckham (Beckham may not have the skills of dribbling like Christiano Ronaldo, the speed like Arjen Robben but his cross /passing/ freekick is a lethal weapon, a night mare to many of the goal keeper that he has beaten before.) The world is expecting Beckham will play in the right flank as England first 11 but unfortunately no. Mcclaren is using the one who can only perform in the Play Station to play for England. Although Mclarren is realized his mistake in the 2nd half and replace Wright Phillip with Beckham and with the help of Beckham England pull back on level but at the end, even god can’t change the result.
d) Lack of Luck
Sometime, luck play a crucial part in football. But good manager manage to chance football team luck, bad manager only depends on luck or miracle to happen. There are so many capable, talented & experienced coaches around the world. I really do not understand why the English F.A have to appoint Mcclaren to be the England Manager. It is the toughest coaching jobs in the world especially when you are coaching a national team. Hired an individual that is not capable to coach a national team is like playing fire in the gas station. Now, it proves our feeling towards Mcclaren from the first time is right. He is not the one for England.
- The Players
The most memorable moment for all the England Supporters is their team winning the World Cup at 1966. But since then, England didn’t manage to reach into the final for all the major competitions. Why?
a) It is more like a business than sports.
Back to 1960/70, a professional footballer wages is not as much as what we can see today. Beside, professional footballers not only have to play well but they also need to know how to market their self into the world market. How to increase publicity? How to discuss the personal term & conditions with their sponsor? How to talk in front of the press? All of the above mentioned involve with the money term.
Imagine that you are playing for one of the world more reputable/richest club, you are earning 100,000 euro or more a week, the fans like you even your home ground people also proud of you. All of this happened because you know how to play football – with your legs. The club owner willing to pay you because you can generate more income than he/she can never ever imagine. When come to the national team, what would you get when play for your country? An honor? Respect? Prizes money? Recognition from the royal family. How much does this all cost? 1 million? 2 million? ……
For them, it is worth nothing. If I play well for my country but unfortunately I broke my legs in the international tournament, without the legs what can I achieve? Will the club treat me the same way as old time? For my own good, it is better not to be very serious when play for the country. Better to keep my talent and show it for the club because they are my major income contributor. Yes, my country hates me, but I still have fans in the club and believed it or not, people tend to forget things easily. After a certain period of time, I’m still the hero of the country. The country still needs me as there is no one that can play well like me. Just get in the pitch, run here and there for 90 minutes, if the team win – thanks god for that, if the team lose – mostly manager is the 1st person that will be blame by the people. Just relax and do my jobs. The most important things is I need to go back to play for my club, when I do that, I have to ensure that I’m physically fits.
Now you know why the biggest name in the world of football can’t perform well when playing for his country, because they didn’t / don’t want to commit to the country. They play with minimum effort, pray for god not to injure during the tournament with maximum effort, depend on others to contribute, and depends on others to bring the team to victory. With such attitudes, what do you expect for the team? Better not to expect too much from them. I’m not saying that everyone in the team is the same, just some of them……they should not be recall to play for their country.
- The Public/ Press and Fans
a) Pressure
Most of us love England Team, we watch EPL every Saturday because it is
Exciting and entertaining compare to other league, we watch our favorite team play, we talk about it all day long, and because of this. Many of the guys come across football in their teenage ages – Especially England. Sometime, we are expecting too much from the team. It has been a pressure for the entire player in the team. When they didn’t play well, the fans are unhappy; the press is attacking, even the public will threatening them. The players feel unsecured when playing for the country especially in the big tournament such as European Cup or World Cup. Once the team failed to deliver, the pressure that coming to them is too big and not every individual know how to get through with it. Our expectation towards our favorite team sometime is also become one of the factors that lead them to failure.
- The F.A
a) Meaning.
F.A means the Failure to Act. Think wise before hired some one to in charge the team. The English F.A must see this time failure as they lesson and learn from the mistake. They are letting their own country down for quite some time; it is time to take some actions to improve the current situation.
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