tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post5202662236917963947..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: How the BBC can start saving English football. Today.David Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-58543950694493614262010-11-08T12:23:03.472+00:002010-11-08T12:23:03.472+00:00The fact, difference to football in this country a...The fact, difference to football in this country and it could be done by the BBC, is good and also the points are just great and brilliant.<br /><br />__________________ <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.dissertationswriting.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">dissertation Writing</a>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13417060437461267984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-88148258089572802692010-07-04T14:38:09.075+01:002010-07-04T14:38:09.075+01:00Good discussion. I have to disagree in part with t...Good discussion. I have to disagree in part with the idea that the problem goes into grass roots kids football. Every effort has been made to coach kids in the right way - pass, read the game, love the ball - it comes across in every course and every tome the FA produce. Trevor Brooking deserves some credit for that. And apparently the under 17s are very good. <br />Spain and Holland are cited as positive examples of youth development, but their style at the this tournament has been direct and high impact.Michael Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08616909770570609477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-80130038476114142372010-07-01T07:42:02.044+01:002010-07-01T07:42:02.044+01:00The MotD pundits and the Sky and, for the matter, ...The MotD pundits and the Sky and, for the matter, the ITV boys... they're all part of the footie 'clique' and are unlikely to objectively criticise the very players/managers they'll be on the golf course with a few days later.<br />I've felt for a long time that the British pundits are far more critical and scathing of foreign players and coaches because they are less likely to bump into them on 'the circuit' than they are the domestic professionals.<br />The first time the MotD team started to get real was after the Germany game when it was obvious that the Emperor was naked. But, even then, Shearer and co looked far more comfortable talking about Capello's culpability than that of the players. <br />Before that the discussions were all along the lines of 'yes, we haven't quite got it right yet but once we do we could/will win the World Cup'.Lloyd Dobbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06389782756890552023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-89688049923852692462010-06-28T13:50:36.896+01:002010-06-28T13:50:36.896+01:00I assume the BBC paid quite a lot of money to broa...I assume the BBC paid quite a lot of money to broadcast the Premiership and other football. They are therefore unlikely to want the MOTD presenters saying "actually this is not very good, maybe we should show the Scottish league matches (or the French or Spanish)". Arguably the same thing happens with the Glastonbury coverage. I happened to be in the UK last week and saw some of the coverage after the Slovenia game. The promoting of England as potential World Cup winners went beyond national pride in supporting your country to almost delusion. The huge expectation probably does not help the players either.jdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04989019796373639502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-43901521931391120882010-06-28T13:33:20.702+01:002010-06-28T13:33:20.702+01:00If you missed it earlier, click on this morning...If you missed it earlier, click on this morning's Today programme:<br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qj9z<br />Fast forward to 2Hr-26mins and hear Chris Waddle let rip. He may not be eloquence personified, but there'll be a few FA pen pushers squirming in their seats after hearing this.John Meddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-32086780441272518922010-06-28T11:24:52.494+01:002010-06-28T11:24:52.494+01:00It's a self perpetuating problem. If pundits, ...It's a self perpetuating problem. If pundits, and footballers for that matter, said what they actually thought then they know in all likelihood that any slightly controversial statement would end up being a unwanted saga in news the following week. Just look what happened when John Terry spoke his mind before the Slovenia game. So they don't say anything that goes against the grain. The media then moan that footballers don't say anything interesting while at the same time trying to spin any mild comment into a headline...and we're back to square one.Nick Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04479243436628148799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-87239501089816898082010-06-28T10:27:09.531+01:002010-06-28T10:27:09.531+01:00I'd never really thought of MotD's sofa co...I'd never really thought of MotD's sofa complacency being culpable, but the part it plays in fostering our reckless optimism seems plain now you've pointed it out, David. <br /><br />Now the elephant in the room: Sky. Its influence in the way the Premier League is regarded is surely greater than MotD's. It bankrolls the Premier League, its football-driven subscriptions are cruicial to News International's profits. <br /><br />Hands up everyone who thinks a new era of critical appraisal is about to dawn.johnlyons121https://www.blogger.com/profile/17110181598031626919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-41142760688635858612010-06-28T09:22:35.016+01:002010-06-28T09:22:35.016+01:00You've hit the nail on the head, the media con...You've hit the nail on the head, the media constantly create this notion that England have world class players. Of course Milner looks good against Paul Konchesky, Defoe looks good against Bramble and Gerrard looks fantastic against my lot West Ham. But it doesnt make them world class, it makes them the best of a fairly average lot.<br />We dont have players who can consitently pass to feet, or read a game that well or that have much creative ability.<br />Go and watch English kids play in the park and then watch some European kids ...the difference is vast.<br />The problem goes back to school football and coaching from that age onwards, there is a premium on pace and athleticism, being big etc,would Messi have made it in English football, or Ozil for that fact? There is little emphasis on techniqhue, balance, reading the game etc.<br />Until we sort out coaching from an early age we are doomed to be blessed with a bunch of clodhoopers who boot it anywhere or bomb down the wing and lump it into the centre in the hope that someone will make a mistake.<br />Its been going on for nearly 40 years are we really that surprised? Lampard and Gerrard will still be called world class when the quality of opposition is so poor.Sir Edward Damocleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17999494988849337148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-6110855957491946712010-06-28T09:00:40.621+01:002010-06-28T09:00:40.621+01:00Hansen, Shearer and Dixon went on at great length ...Hansen, Shearer and Dixon went on at great length about how useless the England team were and my first thought was how they'll be lauding the same players come August once the Premiership starts again.<br />As for Sky, as they didn't broadcast it, this never happened and so they'll be at it even more come August.The Bocking Kellyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05240585512893244560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-39671685653793475132010-06-28T08:42:46.686+01:002010-06-28T08:42:46.686+01:00Shearer was particularly weird on that occasion wh...Shearer was particularly weird on that occasion when Danny Baker appeared, even suggesting (all in jest I'm sure) that DB was drunk! "I'll have a pint of what he's had".<br /><br />At the time I thought it was just natural discomfort/jealousy that an articulate individual had been brought in, but maybe you're right that there's something else at work there.<br /><br />Anyway, time for the English Lion, like Bagpuss, to go to sleep and dream again.office pesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15516888180507856752noreply@blogger.com