Sunday, June 20, 2010

I hear the vuvuzelas are providing all sorts of injuries not least reported during a game yesterday that a woman has ruptured her throat blowing to hard. Serves her right for blowing her own trumpet all the time I say. Yesterday's results were interesting I thought the Japanese are playing out of their skin and deserved a result against Holland but it wasn't to be. I've been also looking ahead like most of us. Living in Spain I fear for the Spanish if they wake up and get on they could meet Brazil in the next stage. Worse still for us we could end up with Germany. Even worse after their performance we could win our group they come second and we meet them anyway. Hopefully they win, we win and we avoid each other. Fact of the matter though is no game in this World Cup is a 'foregone' and surprises lurk around every stadium corner. It is no surprise people are now blaming Capello for England's demise, I prefer to blame the players as it is they that so obviously ignore his tactics on the pitch and why a normally calm coach resorts to shouting to get his message across. If they are doing what he says why does he constantly tell them to move the ball forward an England tactic missing since the days of Bobby Robson. For me love or loathe him Capello has to be allowed to manage and the players should stop thinking they know better and do as he says then we can blame him if it all goes wrong. Which I don't believe it will. I am sure although a more difficult game on Wednesday compared to Algeria the prospect of utter humiliation against Slovenia will at least make them work harder and chase down the opposition instead of sitting back and waiting for an easy goal. Kevin Keegan may not be the purists manager but he knew what the fans wanted - attack attack attack! Hopefully someone at the F.A. with balls if we do bow out will take every single player aside and say sorry you weren't good enough last time, this time and next time we're giving players with hunger a chance even if they are young, foolish and naive they couldn't possibly do any worse and they'll be cheaper.

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