So our poor English lions are too tired! This was the excuse put to us by Fabio Capello, the England manager, as the sorry reason for such a pitiful performance by the England football team on Saturday. During interviews prior to the game against Switzerland, Capello stated the squad looked fresh in training, this despite a long season. However, straight after what can only be described as a dismal performance and even worse result, Capello informed the baying media that the players looked tired.
The Swiss manager was extremely disappointed at not leaving Wembley with all three points and was full of praise for his team who he claimed were the better side on the day. In a further indictment of the woeful English, the Swiss number one, put the boot in, by stating the English players lacked a 100% work rate.
Capello's assertion that the English players looked tired after a long season can hardly be supported by statistics. Of the starting eleven, the player with the most games under his belt was Joe Hart with 62 games this season, including league, cup, European, and international games. However, Hart is a goal keeper who hardly has to cover much ground during a game. The next highest number of games played by any of the starting outfield players was Ashley Cole with 54 games. He was followed by Jack Wilshere on 53. The rest of the team, including the three substitutes who played against Switzerland, range from 50 games down to 32.
We recently witnessed the mercurial Lionel Messi mesmerise Manchester United with his magical skills in the Champions League final also at Wembley. Having watched his running demolition of Man Utd, based on Capello'sassessment of the tired England team, you would have expected Messi's game count during the season to be fairly low. Wrong! Lionel Messi equalled the highest English outfield player with a games total of 54.
Why wasn’t he so tired? I'm afraid the answer is quite simply that it has nothing to do with tiredness; England's players are not good enough. Either that or the lot of an English premiership footballer has become far too pampered. I'm afraid that we no longer have a 'pride' of English lions, battling for long overdue success. Instead we have a group who are nothing more than a bunch of Pussy-cat Dolls!
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The Swiss manager was extremely disappointed at not leaving Wembley with all three points and was full of praise for his team who he claimed were the better side on the day. In a further indictment of the woeful English, the Swiss number one, put the boot in, by stating the English players lacked a 100% work rate.
Capello's assertion that the English players looked tired after a long season can hardly be supported by statistics. Of the starting eleven, the player with the most games under his belt was Joe Hart with 62 games this season, including league, cup, European, and international games. However, Hart is a goal keeper who hardly has to cover much ground during a game. The next highest number of games played by any of the starting outfield players was Ashley Cole with 54 games. He was followed by Jack Wilshere on 53. The rest of the team, including the three substitutes who played against Switzerland, range from 50 games down to 32.
We recently witnessed the mercurial Lionel Messi mesmerise Manchester United with his magical skills in the Champions League final also at Wembley. Having watched his running demolition of Man Utd, based on Capello'sassessment of the tired England team, you would have expected Messi's game count during the season to be fairly low. Wrong! Lionel Messi equalled the highest English outfield player with a games total of 54.
Why wasn’t he so tired? I'm afraid the answer is quite simply that it has nothing to do with tiredness; England's players are not good enough. Either that or the lot of an English premiership footballer has become far too pampered. I'm afraid that we no longer have a 'pride' of English lions, battling for long overdue success. Instead we have a group who are nothing more than a bunch of Pussy-cat Dolls!
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