Why Oh Why?

Once again the knives are out. I am always amused by the attitude of the footballing fraternity. Always looking for someone to blame. I knew while watching the game last night exactly what the reaction would be if England lost. The TV pundits, the fans and the journalists all spoke of blame and heads rolling. What they didn't acknowledge was that England are not a major force in football anymore, they have no divine right to qualify for any of the major football competition finals. They are simply not good enough. The fans interviewed were of the opinion that the Premiership is the top football league in the world. Rubbish! It is only producing reasonably good football because of the imported players and a small number of home grown talent. The discussion had already started last night about who would replace McLaren. I know one thing, his replacement will come from the same incestuous pool of footballing has -beens who are at present running premiership teams. Every time one gets sacked for incompetence he is then snapped up by another club who are also sacking their incompetent manager but see the replacement as being 'new blood'. It doesn't matter who gets the job they will only last as long as their success. There is no time to build for the future so they play the same old tried (or should I say tired) and tested 'overpaid stars'.
Come on England, break the mould. Appoint someone who can grow in the job and who can grow a decent team by developing young talent.Supporters need to accept that this is not their 'moment in time' and let the man get on with the job of building for the future.
Take a leaf out of the rugby fans book. When they were interviewed after the disappointment of their world cup final they were maganimous to a man about their opponents superior performance. They also acknowledged that they didn't really have anywhere near the best team in the tournament and that they were delighted to even have reached the final. Now that is sportsmanship! Come on England ,(football supporters) grow up.

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