England squad problems

kleefarr

Oliver Holt seems to have the inside knowledge on what is going on in the England camp...

England problems

Not surprising they are in a mess.

Ush1

Terrible article I think. Obviously anti Capello and filled with disingenuous reasoning.

Eire-Dearg

http://backpagefootball.com/world-cup/off-the-cuff-england-analysis/

These are the real England problems :pac:

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Ush1 wrote: »

Terrible article I think. Obviously anti Capello and filled with disingenuous reasoning.

One of the worst i have read, Sounds like he is hoping Terry runs into his arms at the airport when they come home.

Oliver Holt wrote:

So let’s get this straight: Capello slaughters Terry for speaking about problems in public and then 24 hours later, he, er, speaks about problems in public.

“When you speak, you have to speak privately,” Capello said, in front of an audience of millions on ITV.

From watching the ITV interview with Capello, even with his level of the English language, you can quite clearly ascertain that he meant privately in the sense of 1 on 1 and not in front of a gathering hoarde of media outlets.

That_Guy

Eire-Dearg wrote: »

http://backpagefootball.com/world-cup/off-the-cuff-england-analysis/

These are the real England problems :pac:

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Turtyturd

Agree, terrible article composed of what if's to make it seem like he has some kind of inside knowledge on the situation. The tide seems to be turning away from people blaming the team and Capello seems to be becoming the scapegoat. No doubt when he is gone a lot more will jump on the bandwagon and lay the blame at his door to save their own image.

Then come the 2014 World Cup BBC and ITV can play on the whole " We would have won it in 2010 if not for the manager" angle.

Fratton Fred

One of the problems from what I can see, is that the English media are more intersted in their own hugely inflated egos and comig up with a "Scoop" than they are in getting behind the team and supporting them.

The Mirror is probably the worst example of this.

Kiwi_knock

There is some truth in that article but Capello's treatment of Terry has been blown out of proportion. Obviously Capello would have had a stern word with Terry but would never try and undermine someone so crucial to his team. Capello has not been perfect and has made mistakes in the WC but should not be the lone scapegoat.

redout

Gotta be honest and say that I dont believe Terry had much if any support with the dressing room and Capello was right to bitch slap him publicly.

If he had support then why would they all crumble and abandon him ? Lets face it he aint very popular in the dressing in the first place I would imagine. More like him going it alone and backfiring spectacularly. Mullery was on SSN yesterday lambasting him for his antics and I think he was spot on. This was the same Mullery who defended him over the Bridge affair. Keegan has also said that what Terry done was wrong.

PHB

They were very unlucky to lose Ferdinand. A ball playing CB is essential in a 4-4-2 system, and with Terry and Carragher there, they just hoof the ball up. Upson wont be much better. King would have been a little better, but losing Ferdinand was a huge blow, not just defensively.

Anthony16

PHB wrote: »

They were very unlucky to lose Ferdinand. A ball playing CB is essential in a 4-4-2 system, and with Terry and Carragher there, they just hoof the ball up. Upson wont be much better. King would have been a little better, but losing Ferdinand was a huge blow, not just defensively.

To be fair,king is a very good ball playing centre half.if he was fully fit,he would be number 1 choice CB,imo

eZe^

Hahah, the journalist doesn't see the distinction between the manager and a player who has recently lost his captaincy coming out and making his criticisms public. The agenda is there for all to see, Capello may be at fault for certain things, but the way the media has completely made him into a scapegoat is quite ridiculous. Capello is topclass, arguably the best manager in the world, and he'll continue to be just that regardless of whether he is slated by the English press or not.

Mr Alan

according to the guardian today, Holt wrote Terrys autobiography. who would've thought it! i hope cappello gets to the final, drops Terry on the way there, then quits after the world cup citing the english media being pricks as the reason.

Coillte_Bhoy

Fratton Fred wrote: »

One of the problems from what I can see, is that the English media are more intersted in their own hugely inflated egos and comig up with a "Scoop" than they are in getting behind the team and supporting them.

The Mirror is probably the worst example of this.

it is not the job of the media to "get behind the team".

Lukker-

PHB wrote: »

They were very unlucky to lose Ferdinand. A ball playing CB is essential in a 4-4-2 system, and with Terry and Carragher there, they just hoof the ball up. Upson wont be much better. King would have been a little better, but losing Ferdinand was a huge blow, not just defensively.

I'd disagree with this. If you watched any Chelsea games this season you'll see that Terry rarely plays a long ball. Watch the first 2 English games and look how reluctant the midfield is to drop deep to receive short passes. Even Barry doesn't make himself available. At Chelsea he always had options with an unresticted Cole on the left or Ballack or Mikel dropping to recieve the ball. The problem is the English midfield don't like the ball at their feet.

PHB

Lukker- wrote: »

I'd disagree with this. If you watched any Chelsea games this season you'll see that Terry rarely plays a long ball. Watch the first 2 English games and look how reluctant the midfield is to drop deep to receive short passes. Even Barry doesn't make himself available. At Chelsea he always had options with an unresticted Cole on the left or Ballack or Mikel dropping to recieve the ball. The problem is the English midfield don't like the ball at their feet.

I think that's fair too. The midfield is making it hard for Terry. But Ferdinand was able to adjust to it compared to Terry. Carvalho is the ball playing centre half of the Chelsea team. Terry requires a 3 man midfield though in terms of passing, while King or Ferdinand or Carvalho could adjust.

UnitedIrishman

The Mirror is the closest thing to the The Sun there is without them molding together.

Typical British media 'support the hard man defender and blame the foreign manager' approach.

Holt's argument will be that he's done his job - his article is being talked about and papers are flying out the doors and the Mirror is making money from the piece. That's the mentality of the British media.

Fratton Fred

UnitedIrishman wrote: »

The Mirror is the closest thing to the The Sun there is without them molding together.

Typical British media 'support the hard man defender and blame the foreign manager' approach.

Holt's argument will be that he's done his job - his article is being talked about and papers are flying out the doors and the Mirror is making money from the piece. That's the mentality of the British media.

Traditionaklly the Mirror was the left wing paper, the Sun right wing.

They are just different flavours of pure shite as far as i am concerned.