Oh, go on then.
Sorry I had to delete all of your piffle as it made the combined response too long. I have however left a lower case 'h' in your quote to make you feel comfortable. You do like lower case letters don't you?
http://www.yourdictionary.com/proprietary
Your comprehension point made me laugh! I must admit I skim read over most of what you write. But I must ask if your shift or caps lock button is broken? You have written a whole raft of gibberish across 3 or 4 posts and not used one capital letter, my daughter is 8 and can use capital letters. Would you like help?
I think adding weight to quarter finals, semi finals and finals would make a difference as generally it is the same core of teams that make the latter stages. Recently France, Spain, Brazil, Germany have all made finals or the latter stages.
World Cup Finals
Brazil have made 3 from 6
France have made 2 from 6
Germany have made 2 from 6
Italy have made 2 from 6
Spain have made 1 from 6
Euros Final
France have made 1 from 6
Germany have made 3 from 6
Italy have made 2 from 6
Spain have made 2 from 6
Hell - even Greece have made a European final and won it.
I haven't compared Brazil to England I was using Brazil as an example of a team that consistently makes the latter stages of competitions, versus our pitiful performances in World Cup Finals or the Euros. As the 10th best ranked team, we should consistently be making the last 16 of competitions like the Euros or the World Cup Finals.
We have one of the best domestic leagues in World Football, it is broadcast via various platforms around the world to over 212 countries with a broadcast audience of 4.7bn. We have some of the best football academies in the world, yet still we play agricultural football at international level that simply hasn't improved. As I have said repeatedly, there's a number of factors which need to be considered. England need to start doing things differently like Germany and Belgium have done and France when they went through a period of renaissance.
Population may not be a barometer to success, but it certainly helps, particularly seeing as football is our first sport and we are seen as the 'Home' of football. Football is not a first sport in India (Cricket), Indonesia (Badminton) or China (Table Tennis).
Not enough time or money is invested in grass roots football, this is the model that Germany and Belgium followed in order to deliver results on the pitch. Belgium started a new coaching philosophy in 2006 - it has taken just 9 years to establish a pool of players capable of delivering international honours. In 2009 they were ranked at number 66 in the world, they are now ranked at number 1. This is not a coincidence, this is down to delivering coaching methods that develop players capable of winning.
Not all money goes into players or agents pockets, I think you are confusing club wealth with country wealth. There's not many Football Associations that would be in a position to announce a profit of £261m, which they did year ending July '14. Have you not seen St Georges Field - Money is re invested. I would guess that England as a footballing country have significantly better resources and facilities than many of the teams above them in the rankings.
Qualification for the Euros regardless of the record in doing so is a minimum requirement, isn't it? Qualification is just that, qualification, no doubt they will still perform to usual expectations in the competition itself, which in recent times hasn't been particularly good.
Given the resources at their disposal, the 10th place ranking really isn't good. The performances from England are dross and ****e, which you agree with, you don't watch them stating 'Boring'.
Qualification for the Euros is a minimum requirement, regardless of the record in qualifying. You agree with me that you want to see change, you want to see success, you want to see a powerhouse in world football. I'd focus on changes at grass roots football and coaching methods as well as management. Develop a new breed of English footballer to bring green shoots of recovery to a successful and entertaining competition winning International football team. This won't happen over night obviously, but why have a team that nobody wants to watch because they are boring - or in my opinion ****e. Thanks for agreeing with me anyway.
What are you personally doing to address the problem of not having to watch 'boring' football? Me, I'm involved in grass roots coaching. You?
"i have conceded the point that they should be doing better"
"the fact i said we should be doing better and despite the fact i told you i rarely watch england because they are boring"
"what you can't seem to understand is that being beaten by a better team does not make england a crap team."
"you fail to acknowledge that i agree that things could and should be better." Why, is that because they are crap at the moment?
Give me City any day of the week.
Now **** off you bore.
