posted Dec 18, 2007

everyone more or less have made good points, especially about playing on a smaller pitch - therefor having to think alot quicker & you see more of the ball. but for me, the english mentality is not hungry enough! for other counries, its like either we do this, or live in poverry for the rest of our lives. we have it good here & we take many things for granted. why do you think in general so many foreigners are over here? jobs that we turn our noses at, others would do gladly. & now the computer games culture is here, kids are playing football less & less. im 30, & when i was a wee lad i had no time for breakfast, lunch or dinner (so it seemed), football was on my mind 24/7. is this the case for our youngsters???

having more available pitches at a decent price would help. i hear in brazil you can play football all through the night! i was told that in germany there's a shopping mail that has pitches on the roof - so the kids can play while the parents do the shopping. look at that! the english mentality has to change, otherwise we will be 10yrs behind other countries - we are already 5yrs behind!

an example of the english mentality - before a tournement "englands gunna win - come on england etc..." not "give us 100% boys, do your best etc..." we think we have the divine right to everything. hopefully, capello will set the pace for others to follow, & if futsul is intruduced to the max then all the better for english football. its high time we look towards others & see what formulas they use & imply that to the english game.

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posted Dec 18, 2007

another thing about the english mentality - the comfort zone!

if english players are "world class" why dont other clubs in europe bid for these so called world class players? 1 the money - to damn expensive. but most importantly, english players dont want to leave england! if they left, they would better themselves as a footballer surely!?!?

look at Ronaldo's CV - the dutch league, italian league, spain & italy again. when he has grand children he can show them this, & for me thats what its all about. ok i can understand about playing for your child hood club etc, but to better yourself surely playing elsewhere will benefit you overall.

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posted Dec 18, 2007

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4mYc4_rKhfQ

somebody send this to trevor brooking!!!

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posted Dec 18, 2007

the answer would be to play the right formatiom

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posted Dec 19, 2007

The best things about futsal are:

1. The ball - Smaller, better for kids and it hardly bounces so all the movement of the ball has to be generated by the player.

2. Rotating Subs - Up to 12 players can participate, everyone gets a go at some point.

3. The 4 second rule - When taking throw ins free kicks etc this has to be done within 4 seconds and helps kids with decision making.

4. 20 min halves - Length of each half is only 20 mins, much better for younger kids.

For those interested in getting their kids involved in football where the emphasis is on improving skill and participation rather than results then get them involved in Futsal

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posted Dec 19, 2007

agree coatsie

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posted Dec 19, 2007

Footballlers are not made, they are just born. Thats the reason there are very nice academies in England, yet Brazilians still fourish way above the English.

Stop asking Lampard to start dribbling like Ronaldinho or Messi.

These two didnt need people to talk for them in newspaper like the English do.

Skill is an in-born thing, you dont buy it, you dont go to school to learnt, but to improve on it, i mean if you already have it.

England are losers, please dont make jobs difficult for foreingers who have come to help!

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posted Dec 19, 2007

The single most important thing to this country is the construction of Burton! It will be like Mecca to the England's Footballing community!

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posted Dec 19, 2007

Mark Lawrenson got 10 out of 10 predictions for last weekend's premier league wrong. All 10 incorrect for Saturday the 15th and Sunday the 16th of December 2007. Well, we all have bad days at the office but most of us put our hands up and say fair enough. Lawro's effort has been deleted. I can't find any trace of his Grand Slam Super Sunday predictions anywhere on this website. Don't give up Mark, you'll probably get them all correct next weekend.

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posted Dec 19, 2007

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yes im sure we would be having this debate had we qualified or had ronaldinho not accidently lobbed seaman, or we had beat portugal on pens either time! its the manager the players are good enuf its just getting them to play how they can, the problem we have is morons like u who think we should copy other countries and forget our roots!

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