The Trouble With Football
England have been knocked-out. Therefore, there's a post-mortem about how come we're disastrous that we weren't able to win the competition.
I think I've worked it out.
Not every nation can win the World Cup. I think that, even in England, the lowest odds on England winning it were 5/1. That is one chance in 5, or 20 years in World Cup tournaments. If we still have the same squad in 20 years, I'll accept that they should win the World Cup then.
France have gone out. As have Italy. I don't see post-mortems from those countries ... not about the performance of the teams during the matches, anyway. Wondering why this is so, whilst I'm watching Netherlands v Slovakia in Croatia, I have come to realise that English football commentary is BLOODY AWFUL!
I am streaming UK commentary whilst watching Croatian TV. I'm also listening (ish) to the Croatian commentary. I find that I'm disappointed with the commentary that I can understand. It is analysing and it appears to be telling me what to think about the match.
It's half-time now, and Lee Dixon & Alan Shearer are with Clarence Seedorf and Gary Linekar. They are also telling me what to think, and disrespecting teams that have failed to get to this stage.
It's all talking bollocks!
I hear that the UK media are also conducting a post-mortem about the England failure. I'm glad I'm in Croatia, as I watched an exciting match between a young, dynamic team and an experienced, out-of-form team, and the dynamic team managed to hit the experienced team on the counter-attack, showing-up the slowness of the defenders. That is ALL I saw. I didn't see any players lacking motivation, I saw no players playing for money, I saw nothing to indicate problems. I saw the statistics about the match, and it indicates that England had the majority of possession & the most shots, which is what I remember watching.
I enjoy watching football. I dislike being told what to think or how to analyse the play, I especially dislike the bollocks talking about it.
I think I've worked it out.
Not every nation can win the World Cup. I think that, even in England, the lowest odds on England winning it were 5/1. That is one chance in 5, or 20 years in World Cup tournaments. If we still have the same squad in 20 years, I'll accept that they should win the World Cup then.
France have gone out. As have Italy. I don't see post-mortems from those countries ... not about the performance of the teams during the matches, anyway. Wondering why this is so, whilst I'm watching Netherlands v Slovakia in Croatia, I have come to realise that English football commentary is BLOODY AWFUL!
I am streaming UK commentary whilst watching Croatian TV. I'm also listening (ish) to the Croatian commentary. I find that I'm disappointed with the commentary that I can understand. It is analysing and it appears to be telling me what to think about the match.
It's half-time now, and Lee Dixon & Alan Shearer are with Clarence Seedorf and Gary Linekar. They are also telling me what to think, and disrespecting teams that have failed to get to this stage.
It's all talking bollocks!
I hear that the UK media are also conducting a post-mortem about the England failure. I'm glad I'm in Croatia, as I watched an exciting match between a young, dynamic team and an experienced, out-of-form team, and the dynamic team managed to hit the experienced team on the counter-attack, showing-up the slowness of the defenders. That is ALL I saw. I didn't see any players lacking motivation, I saw no players playing for money, I saw nothing to indicate problems. I saw the statistics about the match, and it indicates that England had the majority of possession & the most shots, which is what I remember watching.
I enjoy watching football. I dislike being told what to think or how to analyse the play, I especially dislike the bollocks talking about it.