Is it because the leadership of the various organisations involved in the Olympics are energetic and intelligent as opposed to the doddery old farts who claim their well-paid sinecure in the Football Association, provided they don't rock the boat? When is someone going to take a broom to the sweet FA?
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Olympics excellence versus constant football underachievement
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Well its not lack of money!
Personally I reckon it is the focus on having the best league rather than the best national side. -
Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostWell its not lack of money!
Personally I reckon it is the focus on having the best haircuts and tattoos rather than training until they collapse, then training until they collapse all over again.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Players don't go abroad due to money of prem and because they CBA to learn another language. Thus they only learn the high tempo hoofball of the prem.
This is why we have a solid defense, but little trickery or attacking flare.
Simple really.Comment
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If we want improvement in the football team then it will take time. The cycling hasn't happened overnight they built the best, employed the best in the world to coach and the cyclists wanted to BE the best.
The footballers already believe they are the best right at the start of their career and as such dont feel the need to improve and better themselves.Comment
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Id be interested to know how many hours footballers spend training compared to top athletes who train 5-6 hours a day pretty much 365 days a year.
Footballers seem to spend more time in night clubs, shopping & sunning themselves on yachts!
When youre getting paid 100K a week and your team can finish 5th, 10th in the premier league, what incentive do they have to do anything different. There's no hunger!Comment
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostIs it because the leadership of the various organisations involved in the Olympics are energetic and intelligent as opposed to the doddery old farts who claim their well-paid sinecure in the Football Association, provided they don't rock the boat? When is someone going to take a broom to the sweet FA?
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostWell its not lack of money!
National success would be detrimental to the league and they won't let that happen.Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave JohnsonComment
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostPersonally I reckon it is the focus on having the best league rather than the best national side.
Another is that the UK try to compete at nearly every sport imaginable, unlike most countries, but there's only so much talent in the population to go round them all.
I'm worried that our relatively disappointing swimming team will start poaching our bog-snorkelling talent.Comment
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