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I dare say if we'd bothered to have 1 moderately well hit shot last night, something similar could have happened. Of course that would have required us to have possession in their half, which we obviously didn't fancy.

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Thing is we didn't have a center of excellence or whatever it's called till two years ago. Italy and France have world class set ups to bring the right knowledge and skill to the players and have had them in place for a decade or more. Every kid in Holland grows up learing to play the system the national side and Ajax play, they start at 12 or summink...Germany's preperation is second to none.

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Thing is we didn't have a center of excellence or whatever it's called till two years ago. Italy and France have world class set ups to bring the right knowledge and skill to the players and have had them in place for a decade or more. Every kid in Holland grows up learing to play the system the national side and Ajax play, they start at 12 or summink...Germany's preperation is second to none.

 

Doesn't seem to be doing France much good.

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Thing is we didn't have a center of excellence or whatever it's called till two years ago. Italy and France have world class set ups to bring the right knowledge and skill to the players and have had them in place for a decade or more.

 

we had lilleshall, i believe the academy system at each club has replaced that though.

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Thing is we didn't have a center of excellence or whatever it's called till two years ago. Italy and France have world class set ups to bring the right knowledge and skill to the players and have had them in place for a decade or more. Every kid in Holland grows up learing to play the system the national side and Ajax play, they start at 12 or summink...Germany's preperation is second to none.

 

Doesn't seem to be doing France much good.

 

This technique thing is a red herring. France, like you say, is a perfect example. They have technically gifted players capable of maintaining possession, playing through the middle yadda yadda. They're just playing very very badly.

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Funny how the only pre-tournament favorite living up to the hype is crazy Diego and his gang.

 

Media has really underestimated Maradon'a coaching abilities based on some eccentric press conferences and off-pitch comments. I mean, what does that even have to do with the actual football? Looking at some of the Argentina training footage, it looks just like your normal training session.

 

Also, Maradona is a damned good motivator according to the players. And for the WC, that's all you really need if you are a good team, motivation. Which is where England falls short, as for all his tactical nous, Capello is a shit motivator and International tournaments are over so few games in total that motivation plays a much bigger part than in club football.

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Thing is we didn't have a center of excellence or whatever it's called till two years ago. Italy and France have world class set ups to bring the right knowledge and skill to the players and have had them in place for a decade or more. Every kid in Holland grows up learing to play the system the national side and Ajax play, they start at 12 or summink...Germany's preperation is second to none.

 

Doesn't seem to be doing France much good.

 

Their squad is coming to the end of a very good 10 year cycle. It will be replenished as new talent steps up.

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Thing is we didn't have a center of excellence or whatever it's called till two years ago. Italy and France have world class set ups to bring the right knowledge and skill to the players and have had them in place for a decade or more. Every kid in Holland grows up learing to play the system the national side and Ajax play, they start at 12 or summink...Germany's preperation is second to none.

 

Doesn't seem to be doing France much good.

 

Their squad is coming to the end of a very good 10 year cycle. It will be replenished as new talent steps up.

 

It's the new players who are underperforming, tbh.

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Thing is we didn't have a center of excellence or whatever it's called till two years ago. Italy and France have world class set ups to bring the right knowledge and skill to the players and have had them in place for a decade or more. Every kid in Holland grows up learing to play the system the national side and Ajax play, they start at 12 or summink...Germany's preperation is second to none.

 

Doesn't seem to be doing France much good.

 

This technique thing is a red herring. France, like you say, is a perfect example. They have technically gifted players capable of maintaining possession, playing through the middle yadda yadda. They're just playing very very badly.

 

There is a problem with the coach and the players.

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What's the logic of putting up England flags with ABE on them?

 

Similar sort of logic as scrawling a swastika on an Israeli flag, really...

 

:undecided:

Or putting a skull on the Israeli flag ?  :rolleyes:

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Has anyone noticed a right sided japanese player with a big white patch, could be a beard on one side of his face? Looks odd but only got a glimpse I could just be seeing things

 

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Has anyone noticed a right sided japanese player with a big white patch, could be a beard on one side of his face? Looks odd but only got a glimpse I could just be seeing things

 

I think it's just a plaster or something isn't it?

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