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Written by revieboy
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Saturday, 03 July 2010 15:05 |
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England as a national team divides many of us; We have feelings of hope and passion for our nation but at the same time we have little empathy with the players we are watching. In South Africa this year I witnessed a number of England players who showed an indifference to their task and a lack of passion for their nation. The World Cup is a competition in which a player should need little motivation, yet our so called stars appeared undermotivated and selfish. In my opinion a player should treat every World Cup game as if its the last they will ever play and in the past you saw our players giving everything for the shirt. Admittedly, past World Cups have ended in spectacular failure but I cannot recall questioning the players attitude, only their ability or occasionally bad luck. The aftermath of defeat has justified that players such as John Terry, Ashley Cole in particular are more interested in personal gain than glory as a team. The alleged feud between the factions of Terry and Gerrard is a clear indication of disharmony in the squad which has been generated by the Londoners' overinflated ego. The question remains, how did this situation continue to undermine Fabio Capellos management?. It is unusual that a manager of his calibre was unable to take control and was he aware that Terry was envious of Gerrards captaincy. So what for the future?, despite the fact that England won the World Cup in 1966 (with home advantage) they remain a second tier team that every tournament year are overhyped by the press and then only months later torn apart (sometimes justified) and criticised.
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