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What went wrong for England, and who will replace Fabio?
World Record Broken!
David Blaine is said to be gutted that his world record of doing sod all in a box for 44 days has been beaten by Wayne Rooney...
England Analysis
What I would like to know is:
Why is Wayne Rooney so awesome when he plays for Manchester United and, in the main, so ghastly when he plays for his country? Don't get me wrong, Rooney's not the only culprit. I could name so many, the list is endless.
Upson and Gareth... More like Kelly and Barry
On Sunday, Matthew Upson and Gareth Barry defended more like Matthew Kelly and Barry from Eastenders. I could count on one hand the number of English players who were worthy of wearing their three lions against Germany, in fact throughout the whole tournament.
Gerrard
Steven Gerrard, the newly appointed skipper, played decently as he had a point to prove -that he was the correct choice of captain: the jury's still out.
Cole
Ashley Cole played reasonably, but again he had a reputation to fight for as he had treated the nation's sweetheart, Cheryl Cole, like dirt and had become a national hate-figure for everyone apart from Chelsea fans.
JT
John Terry had an acceptable world cup, but again he needed it as he too had turned most of the nation against him as he could not keep his vuvuzela in its carrying case and had bedded more women than even the aforementioned Cole, and he was married...oh sorry, so was Ashley.
DJ
David James did a job when he was given the opportunity, but as the oldest world cup debutant, he was always going to be 'up for it'.
Frank Lampard
Finally, Frank Lampard: nothing spectacular, apart from the 'super' goal that never was; alas Frank was one of the best of a very bad bunch and, hopefully, has done something that will change football for the better, for good, and drag this beautiful game kicking and screaming into the 21st century.
Fifa
Sepp Blatter has finally agreed to discuss introducing goal line technology over a decade after it should have been introduced into the game. If tennis can pause every other point (in a game where there are invariably over two hundred points played) to check the technology with little disruption to the match, then football can implement a couple of cameras to use, in all probability, no more than a couple of times in the match. Further, before anyone dares to claim that the expense is not justified, simply take a look at the average player's salary in the premier league...
World Cup, or a prison sentence?
Anyway, back to the disappointing performances. Now, I am not simply going to name and shame the let downs, as there simply isn't enough paper. You can look at the English and French squad lists for that. The fact is that many of the 'international superstars' of teams such as England and France do not want to perform for their country; they see it as losing their summer off and spending six weeks or so in what seems like a prison to them, locked away from all the 'fun' and games they have in their personal lives.
Excuses
Wayne Bridge used John Terry as an excuse to quit England; Paul Scholes and Alan Shearer used their families, which is a better excuse, but is it acceptable? Scholes insisted that, had Capello given him more notice, he would have come out of retirement and played for England. Sorry, Paul, if you decided that you did not want to play for your country -something so many men would give their right and left arms to do - then you do not deserve the right to change your mind.
Club versus Country: the sad state of affairs
A sad fact is that, these days, as atrocious amounts of cash are thrown at football players, and they are treated like Gods by their clubs and their fans. Like the proverbial 'brats', players are spoilt and are given too much of everything too soon: too much money; too much time on their hands; too much freedom to rebel against a career that provides them with so many privileges and luxuries.
Players know that, in this fickle media-dominated society, when they put in a sterling performance for their club team in late August/September, they will once again be worshipped and all will be forgotten and forgiven, by some. Not me, though, and I suspect, not by so many other England fans, many of whom spend their hard-earned cash, saved sometimes for years, to travel to see their 'heroes' perform, or not, as is usually the case.
Another sadly true fact is that there is no obvious way out of this mess. With player power being such that it is today and players simply acting how they choose. The club/country relationship is very poor with Alex Ferguson et al encouraging their players not to play international football and laying down the law regarding international matches getting in the way of the club programme. Players will play for their country, but the passion felt by all fans as they watch their heroes is rarely reciprocated on the pitch. Not for England anyway.
Who will replace Fabio?
Well, yet again the FA made a monumental 'balls up' by giving an England manager a hideously long contract and an astronomical amount of cash; they are now busy discussing just how much moola it will take to get rid of the Italian... They made the same mistake with McClaren...and Sven...when will they ever learn?
Now Roy Hodgson was the name on many people's lips going into South Africa, or “AfWica”, as Woy would say it. Alas, Merseyside looks like being the place Hodgson is heading to manage hapless Liverpool. At last the Americans are coming to their senses at Anfield. The question is, will the FA come to their senses and appoint the only English manager capable and ready to do the job? Harry 'Houdini' Redknapp is ready to step into the fray and take the reins of one of the most underachieving nags ever to run: the England team.
Now, if the FA are too stupid to take him up on his willingness to accept what has previously been a poisoned chalice then they are more stupid than they look, which is very difficult to achieve. Redknapp is 3/1 at Ladbrokes and Coral which is still excellent value for what I consider is a dead certainty; you can still get 4/1 elsewhere. Other interesting runners are as follows:
Roy Hodgson 6/1
Martin O'Neill 8/1
Stuart Pearce 12/1
Jose Mourinho 16/1
David Beckham 25/1
Certainty of the Century
Get your house on Redknapp to be the next England manager at 4/1. If you nap for much longer, Redders will be the odds on favourite!
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