Monday
26Mar2007
Eng-ger-laaaaahho... yawn
Monday, March 26, 2007 at 7:18PM
I’ll be honest. I couldn’t care less about the England national football team anymore. It’s not just Steve McClaren’s perceptible ineptitude, because I didn’t give a shit under Sven either.
We have possibly the best pool of talent the modern national team has ever had to choose from. Yes we could do with a naturally left-footed midfielder and a bit of luck with injured strikers, but when you look at it, we should be winning tournaments. Gerrard, Terry, Ferdinand, Rooney, and Joe Cole are world class. Add into the mix Carrick, Hargreaves, and the young Aaron Lennon, and we have a genuinely strong line up.
Yet, just a few minutes into last weekend’s game against Israel, I remembered why I just don’t care anymore: because it’s increasingly clear that the players themselves couldn’t give a monkey’s about the national side either.
We have possibly the best pool of talent the modern national team has ever had to choose from. Yes we could do with a naturally left-footed midfielder and a bit of luck with injured strikers, but when you look at it, we should be winning tournaments. Gerrard, Terry, Ferdinand, Rooney, and Joe Cole are world class. Add into the mix Carrick, Hargreaves, and the young Aaron Lennon, and we have a genuinely strong line up.
Yet, just a few minutes into last weekend’s game against Israel, I remembered why I just don’t care anymore: because it’s increasingly clear that the players themselves couldn’t give a monkey’s about the national side either.
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