Do I not like that - Part 9
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It's largely a product of youth level football being competed on pitches far too big too soon, which encourages long ball hoofing. English football should have evolved with the times, but it clearly hasn't..
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@lithepanther Long ball and set pieces is still England game, it's a product of the English character and mentality.
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That last bit sums up much of English football since I started watching in 1970. Down the wing,cross,head it down to striker boot it in. Foreign teams cottoned on to that 40 years ago. So England didn't qualify for a major tournament for 10 years then managed 2 Semi Finals since then. As for Taylor. England were going through a transition. A lot of top players retired. But he picked some odd players Carlton Cole and a few others who weren't good enough at that level
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@TeamOfThe80s mate absolutely right, the FA is a fucking joke, one of the worst English institutions.
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20 years on, and we're still having the same debate as they're having from 1:40 onwards!!
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so they were talking about kids on full size pitches even in 1993. Why did it take us 18 years to see the idiocy of this??? Was probably mentioned before then too!
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@ajtlftsjt Mc Mememy was on the Fa Shortlist when Cloughie went for the interview in 1977 but They didn't want a person that would change the face of the FA
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@lithepanther very well said
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@ajtlftsjt my god, somebody who understands. thank you. an englishman.
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Dave, Dave....Cameras are ere! Cameras are ere!
He is a nice guy - flying to meet Platt, defending Barnes from abuse. He also seems really quick to spot danger on the pitch and his players (good ones at the time like Walker and Gascoigne) drop some howlers irrespective of his tactics. But I think his methods are very old school English - long-ball, set-pieces - all need to be in a teams armoury but not the first option; his communication lacking. That said, most of the players come across as a really ignorant, stupid bunch as well.
lithepanther 3 years ago 33
I think Taylor was a fairly intelligent, nice man and fortune didnt favour him. His sidekicks Neal and Macmenemy were typical FA "yes men" who held onto their coaching positions by licking arse. From a support point of view, they were about as much use as a one legged bloke doing the oakey cokey
ajtlftsjt 3 years ago 16