The Making Of A Football Player.

Ross McCormack.

 

And we are the inventors and copyright holders of the "glorious defeat". A proud heritage, indeed.

 

Yep! The problem is that the Premiership is the be the be all and end all with absolutely no regard to the future of English kids coming through - yet we still expect to have a decent international team as well. With Sky upping their money last time round it's hard to see anything hanging any time soon.

 

You used to be quality in, like, the 1890s.

 

I wisny alive in the 1890's, but I am quality. Thanks.

 

ER probably was, maybe we should ask him!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Catholic countries have good football teams because the priests encourage good ball control from an early age.

 

So where is the power in the game today? Is it about finesse or fast, brute strength? Are the Germans on the right path, or do the likes of Spain and Italy with I understand to be, a more "skillful" game hold the promice of the future. Where does England fit into all this?

 

How come Ireland are so ****e then?

Oh, that's right, most of their team are Scottish and English

 

Spain and Italy are boring as **** to watch. Spain bore teams into defeat, much like Celtic here in Scotchland.

Anti-football is king. They're all at it including domestic teams like Man Ure, Chelski, Sevco Franchise FC, Liverpool.

Germany play the purist football game but will probably never win anything.

As a spectacle football is a dead duck.

 

Maybe culture is the answer. I just read that of the 19 WCs played South Americans have won 9 times. Must mean something.

 

Just noticed that Germany have a sensational record in the World Cup. From the 19 WCs they've reached the final 4 on 11 occassions. Winning 3, second 4, third 4 and fourth once. England just 2 final 4s.

 

It depends what continent the tournament is in.

Brazil won it in Sweden, USA, Japan and Spain won it in South Africa.

Other than that, I think the winners have always come from the host continent.

 

Also, Italy's win under Mussolini and Argentina's fix-a-**** win in 1978 don't count *









*See also: 1966 "tournament"

 

They count if they are in the book.

 

The Argentinian victory has spawned several books actually . Some of the players were so high on amphetamines that they had to run round the pitch for 3 hours after the game to come down. Oh and the ball boy had to go round collecting urine samples from locals that could be passed off as the players - 3 of the squad were found to be pregnant......

 

Always good to hear from you Dan.

 

Mussolini was personally in the refs room before the 1938 final.

Italy wore black shirts.

Two refs were suspended for meeting Mussolini (one Swiss, one Swedish) and the Italian team had about 5 re-patrioted Argies in it.

It disnae count.

 

It's in the book.

 

34, 38 and 78 should have nothing in the book but an asterisk.