The Reason England are so off the pace?

[BATTY BOY BUM BANDIT]

Spanish kids play and train on this...Dutch kids play and train on this..Perfect grass. Flat as f*ck. EVERY kid, not just the pro or semi pro teams.English kids play on...I have witnessed these all first hand.Is this the reason why our players lack so much in the technical ability department?I think it is. I was thinking about when i played in those countries and thought about how nice the pitches were to play on.

[Guest Ibn Khaldun]

NOT PLAYING THEO = NOT QUALLIFYING FOR EURO 2008NOT PLAYING LE TISSER = NOT WINNING THE WORLD CUP

[Guest ya_mum_and_ya_dad]

Yeah but star you could do a 'brazil' kids play on this to kill off your argument.

[MUFCCHAMPS2007]

Stat already made a topic on this today and i made one on it before.

[Guest ya_mum_and_ya_dad]

NOT PLAYING THEO = NOT QUALLIFYING FOR EURO 2008

aint he french?

[Libertine]

English kids are taught to tackle hard and tackle well.Indeed someone once said 'The english are so good at tackling because they always lose the ball then have to win it back'

[mp*]

"Kick and rush!""Get it up there early!""Its a game of probability""Stick the big man up front"Instead of"Pass and move""Retain possesion""Give and go""Play the ball through"

[Mr Q]

"Kick and rush!""Get it up there early!""Its a game of probability""Stick the big man up front"Instead of"Pass and move""Retain possesion""Give and go""Play the ball through"

Basically, and its nothing to do with pitches.'Cause like it was said Brazlian kids play on dirt.

[BATTY BOY BUM BANDIT]

"Kick and rush!""Get it up there early!""Its a game of probability""Stick the big man up front"Instead of"Pass and move""Retain possesion""Give and go""Play the ball through"

But the reason they look to smash it long is because they cant play it on the floor in those shitty conditions.Today, the pitch was shocking but Croatias superior technical ability was evident even on a dodgy pitch.

[BATTY BOY BUM BANDIT]

Someone answer me this....Brazilian kids do play on dirt, which is FLAT and on which they cannot hit the long ball.So my point is VERY valid.

[mp*]

"Kick and rush!""Get it up there early!""Its a game of probability""Stick the big man up front"Instead of"Pass and move""Retain possesion""Give and go""Play the ball through"

But the reason they look to smash it long is because they cant play it on the floor in those shitty conditions.Today, the pitch was shocking but Croatias superior technical ability was evident even on a dodgy pitch.

But academy kids dont always play on sh*t like that... and i was reffering to training more than acctual games

[Bobby Reds]

Difference is playstation is killing nuff potential ballersin brazil they play ball to get out of the poornessin england we play for fun thinking about boots and ish

[FamilyTree]

i think we try and play 2 quickly, so we sacrfice skills & technique for speed

[MUFCCHAMPS2007]

No brazlian kids play futsol or wtf its called to about 12.Just like indoor 5 a side football.But there outdoor pitches are awful.

[BATTY BOY BUM BANDIT]

The point im making is that None of these other countries, play on large boggy pitches in which they almost HAVE to hoof the ball in order to even consider finding a team mate.The pitches in brazil are flat, or if they play in the street they are small. No Long ball.Holland they can play football with ease on the nice pitches. Same with Spain.What Im saying is that its not only the academy kids that get to play on this stuff in Europe...EVERY kid plays on a decent surface. Wont get that in England.

[Guest ya_mum_and_ya_dad]

Someone answer me this....Brazilian kids do play on dirt, which is FLAT and on which they cannot hit the long ball.So my point is VERY valid.

no come on be real, the ball bounces all over the place onthem streets, they haven't got flat roads in a lot of Brazil. England has concrete pitches which are FLAT and astro turf. The mentalities wrong not the pitch. If england went Carrick, Huddlestone, Rooney, Beckham and J.Cole as midfield 5 with King, rio, Neville and Cole they would have a team capable of playing the ball around but it would still never be anywhere near as effective as the latins, so england should stick to their strengths.Holland world cup countSpain world cup countPortugul world cup count all 0. England were'nt good enough so went out. People need to stop looking for excuses because Ferguson, Wenger, Mourinho even Benitez would have got this group of players through qualifying with 2 games to spare alie?

[Black]

Waste excesses England are just sh*t nothing eles

[Supa_F]

mp* sed it perfectlyplus emphasis in this country at a young age even is based on winning (which is why we have such bad losers) rather than developing players who at the age when it matters will be able to perform at the highest level technically and physically

[Bobby Reds]

Waste excesses England are just sh*t nothing eles

[BATTY BOY BUM BANDIT]

Im not saying anything about who would of got these players through.Im asking WHY OH WHY, Our players technical ability is so sh*t.Croatias ability level was LEVELS HIGHER than ours, on our own turf.Our players were out classed cos they lack technical ability.

[Guest Ibn Khaldun]

ENGLISH KIDS WANT TO BE A GRIME MC OR A GANGSTER

[Numero001]

To add to points already made, England dont play to their strengths, fast, powerful football.English teams fair well in Europe because they play fast and hard football, England TRY to keep the ball and play nicely but they cant

[bane]

ENGLISH KIDS WANT TO BE A GRIME MC OR A GANGSTER

not really....

[Guest ya_mum_and_ya_dad]

To add to points already made, England dont play to their strengths, fast, powerful football.English teams fair well in Europe because they play fast and hard football, England TRY to keep the ball and play nicely but they cant

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[Young £]

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