BBC Sport Posted 13 July 2006 Posted 13 July 2006 Why England sets itself up for international failurehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport1/hi/f...and/5148730.stm
Ultra Posted 17 July 2006 Posted 17 July 2006 The coaching methods certainly do need to be reviewed, at ALL levels. And with the money at the FA's disposal it should definitely have set up a national youth academy by now!
Cobbo Posted 17 July 2006 Posted 17 July 2006 Look, shut up BBC. It's hot and you gave Mark Lawrenson to the world so I have no time for yow.
Head Honcho Posted 17 July 2006 Posted 17 July 2006 So England go out on penalties to Portugal and it's because the French do twice as much training between the ages of 12 and 16 then their English counterparts? What bollox! Admittedly the coaching methods do need a good overhaul but that doesn't guarantee success!
Daggers Posted 18 July 2006 Posted 18 July 2006 So England go out on penalties to Portugal and it's because the French do twice as much training between the ages of 12 and 16 then their English counterparts? What bollox! Admittedly the coaching methods do need a good overhaul but that doesn't guarantee success! Maybe if we restructured our approach to the game at a grass roots level we wouldn't even get to the point of a penalty shoot out?
Katy Posted 18 July 2006 Posted 18 July 2006 Maybe if we restructured our approach to the game at a grass roots level we wouldn't even get to the point of a penalty shoot out? Maybe if we didnt keep having people sent off/injured during a game and actually try to win the game in 90/120 mins then there would be no need to keep going out to penalties.
Thracian Posted 18 July 2006 Posted 18 July 2006 I agree about the youth level coaching and preparation and it is not helped by the apparent shortage of genuinely talented, imaginative and innovative coaches but some of the initial comments were bunkum. In hindsight we had an outstanding chance to win the World Cup this year, what with the earlyish departure of Argentina and Brazil but once again SGE failed to learn that you have to go out and win matches. You might still get beaten but you do give yourself the chance of progressing if you attack and with the overall standards in the competition being so poor, we really could and should have won. Sven was never our kind of manager and his performance as a tactician, motivator and innovator was nothing less than appalling. As a former coach I can say hand on heart that given the players available and the opposition which had to be beaten all the way to the final, I would have considered I'd got all my Christmases at the same time and that the subsequent results of others would have been blessings beyond my wildest expectations. But then I would never have taken Owen, never played one up front, never played without Crouch, never have let Beckham keep Aaron Lennon out (though I might have considered playing him behind the Spurs man) and never neglected our potential on the flanks. We might still have lost. But no-one would have said we didn't have a proper go and didn't play with flair and excitement. I see two important things holding our game back dramatically. Too many lousy coaches and too much tactical fear. I'm sick of it but changing a philosophy which seems somehow seems to have taken root like a giant molar is a task akin to solving the Israeli-Palestinian impasse. The fans could force a change but too many of them seem to be as cautious and defensive as the coaches. I can stand losing but I cannot stand losing while going backwards.
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