Final Word on the Subject
Monday, June 28th, 2010 01:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
caddymanYes, it should have been a goal. Yes, England should have been credited with scoring 2 goals, not one.
However, a 4-1 defeat was a rather kind result (albeit a record tournament defeat for England); if everyone had taken their chances and been accredited with goals, I suspect the final score would have been Germany 10-3 England. So, after four games in which the team barely raised themselves above mediocre, let's blame Capello only insofar as he slavishly used the 4-4-2 formation, and the England players, with the possible exception of Calamity James, for turning in displays that would embarrass a pub team the morning after a bender.
That was the Golden Generation, that was.
I am almost glad the goal was disallowed. Can you imagine the fantasies the media could have dreamt up if we had lost 2-1?
On the basis that I drew them in the sweep at work, I now transfer my allegiance to Ghana and Japan in that order, though I suspect that the trophy may have Argentina's name on it this year.
However, a 4-1 defeat was a rather kind result (albeit a record tournament defeat for England); if everyone had taken their chances and been accredited with goals, I suspect the final score would have been Germany 10-3 England. So, after four games in which the team barely raised themselves above mediocre, let's blame Capello only insofar as he slavishly used the 4-4-2 formation, and the England players, with the possible exception of Calamity James, for turning in displays that would embarrass a pub team the morning after a bender.
That was the Golden Generation, that was.
I am almost glad the goal was disallowed. Can you imagine the fantasies the media could have dreamt up if we had lost 2-1?
On the basis that I drew them in the sweep at work, I now transfer my allegiance to Ghana and Japan in that order, though I suspect that the trophy may have Argentina's name on it this year.
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Date: 2010-06-28 07:59 am (UTC)I follow Roller Derby by the way, what sport do you mean? :)
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Date: 2010-06-28 12:04 pm (UTC)Enlgand got what they deserved. I'm blaming the whole sorry lot of them - when Cashley Cole is your best player over 4 games it's pretty damning. England need to learn to do the simple things. Playing passes to one another not to the other fella. Laying it off when they come under pressure. And putting the other team under some pressure too. I lost count of the number of times that the Germans had time to have a beer and bratwurst whilst waiting for the england team to hassle them. All the flair and talent in the world won't get you anywhere if the basics are missing.
A last couple of thoughts from Old big 'ed.
"If God had wanted us to play football in the clouds, he'd have put grass up there."
and
"Players lose you games, not tactics. There's so much crap talked about tactics by people who barely know how to win at dominoes."
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Date: 2010-06-29 12:38 pm (UTC)I follow the cricket...