That swimming coach did lay the foundations for the team performances of the 2008 olympics. A lot of good swimmers are coming through (some friends) due to the groundwork he did; can’t remember his name off the top of my head but he got a lot of nice new 50m pools to be built in places and revolutionised training.
ANYWAY
Kevin Keegan great coach at Newcastle goes to England = is rubbish
Sven Goran Eriksson, great coach all over Europe, goes to England = is rubbish
Steve Maclaren, does well with Middlesborough, has just done amazingly well with FC Twente, when at England = was rubbish
Cappello, one of the best managers ever with many many teams goes to England = is suddenly rubbish
DOES ANYONE ELSE NOTICE A PATTERN?
And shut up John terry.
[quote]Bambi wrote:
That swimming coach did lay the foundations for the team performances of the 2008 olympics. A lot of good swimmers are coming through (some friends) due to the groundwork he did; can’t remember his name off the top of my head but he got a lot of nice new 50m pools to be built in places and revolutionised training. [/quote]
Absolutely. I was not complaining about the coach. Athletes may be responding now but at the time Mark Foster was, like John Terry, speaking out against the Australian coach Bill Sweetenham, accusing him of being a bully.
Marky, on the other hand, had his elite Speedo suits done specially for him to unzip at the front and show off his chest instead of the back as the other male swimmers because he, as a homosexual, wanted his pecks on display ( You don’t see any other pictures of male swimmers with their body suits opening sensually at the chest.). I worked for Speedo International, providing competition suits for the British Swimming Team and this is inside information.
I am bringing this up because maybe the athletes here should stop bitching about tough training and put their focus completely into training instead of thinking about looking good for the fans, or showing off as sex symbols, gay or straight ( David Beckham )
Have you not noticed how many times the current Football team appear on tv in a non training, marketing fashion?
Playing golf, playing tennis, fishing with James Corden…
Shouldn’t they be eating, drinking and sleeping training?
Why are they spending time and energy on tv programs so we can see them relax?
You can only do that after you have made history - Michael Phelps did none of those things until he achieved greatness, neither did we see much of Roger Federer until he left his mark.
Why? Because their time and focus was only for training.
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ANYWAY
Kevin Keegan great coach at Newcastle goes to England = is rubbish
Sven Goran Eriksson, great coach all over Europe, goes to England = is rubbish
Steve Maclaren, does well with Middlesborough, has just done amazingly well with FC Twente, when at England = was rubbish
Cappello, one of the best managers ever with many many teams goes to England = is suddenly rubbish
DOES ANYONE ELSE NOTICE A PATTERN?
And shut up John terry.[/quote]
Yes, I did. But I did not want to bring that up.
Clearly, maybe we should stop pampering and turning our athletes into celebrities before they have actually achieved greatness.
Players should keep their traps shut and do what the coach tells them. Once/if the campaign is over, then they can criticise all they want.
Also, despite when we all think of Capello’s tactics, nothing changes the fact that we couldn’t even pass the ball in the last game. I guarantee that every single coach WANTS his winger to be able to play a cross into the box.
If all of a sudden your douchy players can’t even aim for the box from a corner, then it doesn’t matter if your name is Capello or Zeus, your team is fucked. And this part isn’t the manager’s fault, its lack of basic, technical ability.
This said, I do wonder what Capello’s tactics are. Punt the ball up the field? Singular strikers sitting 20 yards away from the midfielders?
Ok, fuck it. PREDICTION TIME!
Mexico game’s a draw
South Africa beat france into humiliation
[quote]Bambi wrote:
That swimming coach did lay the foundations for the team performances of the 2008 olympics. A lot of good swimmers are coming through (some friends) due to the groundwork he did; can’t remember his name off the top of my head but he got a lot of nice new 50m pools to be built in places and revolutionised training. [/quote]
Absolutely. I was not complaining about the coach. Athletes may be responding now but at the time Mark Foster was, like John Terry, speaking out against the Australian coach Bill Sweetenham, accusing him of being a bully.
Marky, on the other hand, had his elite Speedo suits done specially for him to unzip at the front and show off his chest instead of the back as the other male swimmers because he, as a homosexual, wanted his pecks on display ( You don’t see any other pictures of male swimmers with their body suits opening sensually at the chest.). I worked for Speedo International, providing competition suits for the British Swimming Team and this is inside information.
I am bringing this up because maybe the athletes here should stop bitching about tough training and put their focus completely into training instead of thinking about looking good for the fans, or showing off as sex symbols, gay or straight ( David Beckham )
Have you not noticed how many times the current Football team appear on tv in a non training, marketing fashion?
Playing golf, playing tennis, fishing with James Corden…
Shouldn’t they be eating, drinking and sleeping training?
Why are they spending time and energy on tv programs so we can see them relax?
You can only do that after you have made history - Michael Phelps did none of those things until he achieved greatness, neither did we see much of Roger Federer until he left his mark.
Why? Because their time and focus was only for training.
That IS interesting. thanks for that didn’t know that. Don’t think it’s cause he’s a homosexual, but he is incredibly vain - he’s always on TV shows getting his top off!
Yeah Phelps has just trained and trained and trained and he did it. That’s what 90% of successful athletes do - train and train to the exclusion of everything else whether football, swimming, bodybuilding, whatever. Because 1 or 2 successful footballers - Ronaldo - don’t have to do that and play up sponsorship everyone else thinks they can do that and it’s their RIGHT to be in celebrity magazines etc.
Capello can’t polish a turd. He is honestly the best manager, apart from maybe Mourinho, on this earth. And if the players don’t like being asked to concentrate on their sport, then there’s nothing he can do
Also, despite when we all think of Capello’s tactics, nothing changes the fact that we couldn’t even pass the ball in the last game. [/quote] Well pointed out. [quote]
PREDICTION TIME![/quote]
I am not good at predicting but will play:[quote]
Mexico game’s a draw [/quote]
My tv guide says Greece x Argentina, did I miss a Mexico game?
I will go with Argentina for the win: 2x0, hopefully 3 x 0/1[quote]
South Africa beat france into humiliation[/quote]
SA for the win, absolutely and hopefully 3 x 0/1 ( handball, of course.), but more realistically 1 x 0.
That IS interesting. thanks for that didn’t know that. Don’t think it’s cause he’s a homosexual, but he is incredibly vain - he’s always on TV shows getting his top off! [/quote]
True, that. And whilst not every gay man is into showing their chest, it is a predominant feature of the gay community, as is vanity. [quote]
Capello can’t polish a turd. [/quote] LOL [quote]
He is honestly the best manager, apart from maybe Mourinho, on this earth. And if the players don’t like being asked to concentrate on their sport, then there’s nothing he can do
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I feel sorry for him. I wonder if it tarnishes a manager’s reputation to work for England, now.
I wonder if he doesn’t get this team to be spirited ( I think the spiritedness is missing; look at how Portugal just WENT for it - that is the spirit of winning at play.) what effect that is going to have for the next man to be employed as England manager.
Question for all:
If you were a good manager, and England failed yet again at this WC, and you were given the job for the next - would you take it, and for how much ( The challenge or the money?)
The thing is with taking the england management job is that you have to shut out all the criticism. You get one thing wrong and the press are on you, everyone a self-proclaimed expert telling you they know better and what to do and the players mouthing off as well, rumours flying around too…
I think that’s why Capello seems so stubborn. He’s taken the view he has to ignore everyone else. Fair play to him.
England job is a poisoned chalice. Too much false hope and expectation
Wow - what humiliation for them. I suppose the Irish are going to get sloshed tonight, but that could be any night in an irishman’s life. [/quote] lol! So true…[quote]
Great to see South Africa win this one! At least they can sign off on something relatively positive. [/quote] I am impressed by the SA team. Because they showed good potential and DID not resort to that ugly, tribal cannibalism tackle that Ivory Coast descended into to.
I thought SA played with real dignity and it is a shame to see them out.
I am sure they are on their way to having an even stronger presence next time around.
When a team plays clean and mature football, it is a pleasure to see them again.
On maturity; The French manager refused to shake the SA manager’s hand.
Doesn’t that speak volumes about his failure both as a professional and as a man?
This is also why I love football: You can clearly tell the boys from the men.