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Listed below are comments made by robertontheblog between Thursday, 26th February 2009 and Monday, 13th July 2009.

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Ashes player ratings - First Test 12:00pm on 13 Jul 2009 My XI for Thurs

Trescothick
Strauss
Bopara
Pietersen
Bell
Collingwood
Prior
Flintoff
Swann
Anderson
Sidebottom

First, Trescothick, he doesn't want to tour end of story. But why shouldn't he play in England. Surely we should pick our best players NOW not thinking ahead to some tour in six months time. Play him in England and Cook abroad where he seems to make his best scores.

Bell needs to come in to strengthen the batting. My only hesitation is Sidebottom or Harmison. I would like to see Harmy as he is in form but Sidebottom offers something a bit different, both with swing and a left armer. If he is not fit go for Harmy - either way I don't see a need for Broad at the moment as we bat down to No 10.
The dread of pre-season training looms large 12:29pm on 09 Jun 2009 Glad you're still blogging. Good luck finding a new club.

About the soccer school, I would say you have to tell the parents the kids are doing it for THEIR enjoyment and not to try and become professionals as my experience is the reason the parents are so over competitive is that they all think little Johnny will go on and be a pro. The most important thing is that they enjoy physical exercise, next that they enjoy football and keep playing it.

Hope it all goes well for you.
Improving football for kids 12:37pm on 26 Feb 2009 The Under 11 team I coach are currently playing 9 a side on 3/4 size pitches we will move up to 11 a side on full size pitches next season.

I believe the reason why we are too eager to move up is twofold

1. Parents (note parents not kids) are obsessed with having leagues to compare progress, because
2. Parents are convinced their kid is the next Beckham who can make them rich.

To be frank, anyone playing local football at Under 11 has (almost) no chance of becoming a top pro as they would be at an academy by now (big generalisation !) so why can't the parents just let them enjoy playing footy. To me, that means small sided games up to U16 on smaller pitches with no leagues - who do the leagues benefit ?

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