Sunday 12 February 2012

Footballs shaking at the hands of Hypocrisy

Sepp Blatter was called everything for suggesting that incidents arguments etc should be sorted out with a hand shake at the end of the game,people suggested he should be sacked ,
Yet yesterday at Old Trafford Suarez has been criticised for not shaking hands with Evra ,so perhaps Blatter wasnt as stupid as everyone thought.perhaps if when players do silly things on the pitch in the heat of the moment   it can be kept in its place by been left on the field as an incident feulled by the will to win by competitive sportsmen as Blatter said.
Because in the end all that has happened was to  delay the hand shake extend the situation and cause a new one and drag football further into bad publicity.
If Suarez and Evra couldnt shake hands at the end of the game it seemed obvious that there would be more bad feeling after the passing weeks and the hearing at the FA and an 8 game ban and less chance of shaking hands .
Wayne Rooney got a 2 game for swearing at a camera and in effect swearing at and being heard by  millions of people,Suarez got an 8 game ban for a racist comment at one man which seems to have been heard by no one.
It has been claimed the Steve Ireland swore at his manager last week yet his manager played him today,it is time that players and people in football realise that this is a game been played by adult males and things happen and things get said and unless all the players wear a microphone then we will never know what is said and the referee is one man and the there 22 men on a big pitch.
All that seems to be important to some people is racist comments ,it seems that has become worse than anything else,call someone a f------ or c--- or anything of that kind is ok as long as you dont put the word black in front of it.that is in fact almost like  a racist attack by the FA on all non black players.
I think it would be a good thing to have the hand shakes at the end of the game instead of at the start and in the same way as they do it at the start now and to have the managers do it as well on the pitch.
In wars we have people trying to kill each other but if they are captured they are taking care of ,as of yet i dont think we have had any players trying to kill each other so im sure they can manage a hand shake .any player that cant stand in line and shake hands receives a red card ,or if we persist with the hand shaking at the start of the game any player who wont shake hands cant start the game and also receives a red card .i think we would then see a better attitude ,and a better example to supporters and young children etc
I dont think we would see many supporters cheering a player who has caused them to start a game a man down.and we then might see players acting like men and not children.
What was Rio Ferdinand thinking ? Suarez didnt shake hands with Evra so im not shaking hands with Suarez ?schoolboy stuff  of the playground ,Ferdinand has tweeted and tweetd on  racism and equality ,it is time people like Suarez ,Ferdinand,Terry,and Anton Ferdinand realised they are on the pitch representing their clubs ,some players seem to forget that,and when they act as they do.
So when players tweet all day expressing their views on everyone and wonder why they suffer abuse when they step on the pitch maybe they should stop and think.
Rio Ferdinand seems a very confused man ,he was quick to have a go at Blatter becasue he said players should sort things out with a hand shake.and yesterday he wasnt happy because Suarez wouldnt shake hands with Evra.as they say football is a funny old game .

Thursday 9 February 2012

Englands false dream

Well Capello has gone now and the dream is alive again,the sportswriters are in overdrive fingers burning as they type away,and the they have chosen Redknapp ,so now anyone else who might get the job has no chance he is beating before he starts,so it seems it will be Rednapps if he wants it.
The great sportswriters who know so much so much more than the best managers maybe ,or do they?why dont they scream for one of their own,Oliver Holt for example?
They miss one thing,they seem to think Englands failure is due to picking the wrong manager,is that really why England have failed so badly since 1966 ?
Lets look at Capello,is he a bad manager?his record says no.is it the players?for some reason the press always seem to think not ,get Harry in now get an English manager ,what nationality was Hoddle?Keegan?MacLaren?
Lets look at the players,where are the world class players?the last world cup England didnt have a goalkeeper that came anywhere near that?they lacked a left sided midfield player of class,a balanced midfield and a lack of depth in the centre of defence,not to mention a right back.and also a Wayne Rooney in one of his sulking moods.
There has been improvement since the last world cup some young players are coming through ,there is something to build on ,buts thats all it is ,maybe Harry can get a bit more out of them,but that will still leave them way short of the best in Europe .
At the moment Wayne Rooney when he is at his best and kicking the ball not players is maybe just about world class but has yet to come near it at a major tournament for England.who else?Steven Gerrard?a few years ago maybe yes,now i a good player not world class,Lampard never really has been and certainly not now,John Terry has never really been he has always lacked pace and that has been more evident in the last few years,Rio Ferdinand maybe 3 years ago or more no way now ,Ashley Cole yes maybe but again a few years ago he might have been but just doesnt seem quite as good as he was.
So England have perhaps one genuine world class player in a team that is changing new players coming in and probably still trying to find out what is its best team,
Lets look at the premier league take for example Man Utd ,Man City,Chelsea,and Spurs,possibly the top 4 look at the English players Terry ,Cole,Sturridge,Lampard,Barry,Hart,Lescott,Richards,Smalling,Ferdinand ,Jones,Welbeck,Carrick,Scholes,Cleverley,Rooney,Owen,Dawson,Dfoe,Lennon,out of a squad of 20 players at each club we have we 20 out of 80, take out Scholes doesnt want to play ,Owen never fit enough,Carrick and Lescott not good enough,that leaves 16,then Terry ,Ferdinand and Cole with their best years behind them it doesnt look good,and you can look at the rest of the teams and its a similar picture.
How many English players are good enough to play for the top teams in Spain?or Germany or Italy for that matter.
Who out of that lot Rooney maybe,Ashley Cole possibly but getting to old,Hart maybe ,Sturridge might be in time,and thats it,
Maybe now we are at the problem England dont have enough good players and certainly no depth,and the solution isnt to keep convincing everyone that its the wrong manager,wrong nationality of manager,wrong age,etc etc England have been down that road so many times ,but seems they will only realise that when they read team sheet joe bloggs Brighton,right back  Millwall, left back Carlisle,central defender Hull cantral defender Mansfield,right midfield Bury etc  and the fact that there soon will be no English  players good enough to play in the Premier League ,Ghana ,Ivory Coast,Nigeria,Senegal,Mexico,Bulgaria,Serbia,Uruguay,Wales,Ireland,Northern Ireland,Scotland,none of them Football super powers all have many players in the Premier League USSR,USA,Italy,Spain,Holland,Germany,all blocking English players coming in to teams,and it increases each year,but no its the managers fault .
England have been going downhill for along time ,and until there are more English players playing for Premier League teams it will only get worse ,people spoke of a golden generation it turned out it was rusty metal,
So the sad truth is the players are just not good enough,and the players tweeting who they want as manager does not help ,whoever gets the job knows which players wanted him and who didnt,and if it isnt Rednapp who seems to be the players choice the new manager wont have much time before the players start having tantrums.
So i think one of the first things the FA can do is tell any player who wants to play for England that speaking about on twitter getting involved is such discussions getting involved in all the arguments such the Evra -Suarez   Terry- Ferdinand cases will not be chosen for England,
I think anyone could tell that Rio Ferdinand would back his brother,but it was between the FA , Terry and Ferdinand and then obviously when charged the police,but Rio got stuck in Joey Barton had his say and so many more,and situations are then created where  things which maybe could have been sorted out have developed into such large issues that certain players cant play in the same team as each other.
So there we have it more false dreams ,i hope Harry doesnt take the job he is to good for it,with England he will work with less quality than he does now ,Van Der Vart,Gareth Bale,Modric, all better than anything England have,he has been with teams that could never really challenge at the top ,he is doing a fantastic job at Spurs he is so close to doing something sensational there,at England he will become another Mclaren, Keegan,Hoddle,and i think that would be so sad.

Tuesday 7 February 2012

England captain

i think the fa will a point a black player as captain to be politically correct,but if pick captain by skin colour it racist

John Terry

John Terry could not have his case dealt with by Premier League because he is been charged by the police,but the FA have stripped him of the captaincy of the England National team,what reason have the FA for doing that?
it is like the FA saying he is guilty.
Suarez has been banned for 8 games but has not been charged by the police?the FA banned Suarez which means they have evidence he was guilty.so the FA should not have dealt with Suarez until they handed the evidence over to the police and the police decided if they wanted to charge him .
If that had been done it would have been equality in the cases of Terry and Suarez ,we now have the situation where Suarez has been found guilty by the FA and no charges by the police,and Terry found guilty by the FA stripped of the captaincy but as yet no ban from matches ,and the Terry incident was in a club game not an international.
How can the FA justify its actions? perhaps the FA should be charged for with holding evidence of a crime by Suarez.