barjon
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As Paxo said on Newsnight last night despite giving the world the game, we can't play it. The thing is, England has to forget this idea they are one of the best in world in footballEnglish people are funny that way. They are clearly nowhere near the best and haven't been for quiet a bit. I travel to Italy a lot. The people there are passionate about football, but they also genuinly believe they can win. In England, you know people know England are rubbish but still tell themsleves they can win. Can you imagine how much b'ollocks we would have been subjected to if they qualified? The first thing we need to do is get real. Football ain't our thing, it really isn't.
It's all a bit like trading - "trade the plan".
With England you might well ask "What plan?" as you watched the players scurry around the pitch without any obvious game plan (unless you regard hopeful high ball punts upfield as a plan
Alf Ramsay proved that if you got eleven players playing as a team to a clear plan they could excel when he brought a third division side (Ipswich) through the leagues to win the First Division (premiership now). And then he did the same with England in 1966 even if it meant leaving out more talented players (Jimmy Greaves) who didn't fit into the planned approach as well.
grumble, grumble
jon