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england's problem is they try to play the 'continental' game when they should stick to their strengths which is playing the game at a ridiculously high tempo using their power and strength to over power the opposition. very similar to liverpool on the road to istanbul what you lack in skill you make up for in grit and determination and a high tempo. there seems to be this desire to distance themselves from 'kick and rush' they should in fact EMBRACE it, and play to their strengths. you can't play a certain style of play every week in the premiership and then reinvent the wheel every time you have an international, they doesn't make sense and we should try.
lastly if a player excells in a position for his club play him in that for his country (like, DUH!!), again don't try to reinvent the wheel, many good english players have been made to look like CUNTS because their country tried to use them in a way not used by their club week in week out.
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Most of those players play a passing game at club level, so I don't know why you're suggesting that players under managers such as Benitez, Ferguson, Mourinho, Ancelotti and Wenger are unable of grasping the 'continental' game. Does every team in the Premiership play like Stoke and Bolton? No.
In actual fact, it's that headless chicken "kick and rush" approach that has often lost us games. See: the game against France where we lost our heads towards the end and more recently, the game against Russia were we again lost our cool after conceding... and that fucked us out of Euro '08.
There is something to be said for using our athleticism to our advantage, sure, but I really do think you're missing the point by a country mile.
The team don't play like a team and haven't for a long, long time. This is partly because for years and years, managers like Sven and McClaren have tried to shoehorn names into the side instead of developing a proper system that over time will produce a team full of players who know their jobs inside out and are comfortable playing with each other. You can attach blame to the media, to the FA... to whoever, but that's essentially the crux of it.
Things have improved under Capello to some degree, but we still lack time and players to really balance out the side.
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ha ha 'kick and rush' came out a little wrong 😉
I meant first and foremost playing the game at a high tempo. I'm not talking about simply passing the ball, that should be a prerequisite for any footballer and any team I'm talking about passing the ball a very quick pace rather than a very slow pace of the continentals. we do that very few teams can live with it because (usually) they are not used to the frenetic pace.
basically I'm saying play at a very quick tempo, force the game, take the lead (you almost certainly will if you play at that pace) you will then tire (as you MUST) it's then england used use their brains slow the game down and patiently play the ball. usually in this instance they start to launch it forwards which is idiotic, it gives the oppsition the ball, you get more tired as you are continually chasing the ball and if the opposition score they will almost certainly win because they will have the momentum to get the deciding goal.
a) play at a high tempo for one half - take the lead
b) slow the pace of the game down - kill the game
that is playing to the strengths of england which a succession of england managers have simply failed to grasp.
