under the tin Crikey ! And there was me thinking that Maradona ran through the whole England defence (and most other sides) in Mexico because he was a techinically gifted player.
Bobby Robson is a pcunt. We just got our tactics wrong.
Pele obviously lied about his youth. He didn't spent it practicing his skills barefoot with a melon, he was mugging up on tactical books.
We can all see what a well read man Paul Gascoigne is. He was only any good because his dad bought him Brendan Rogers' big tactical almanac for his tenth birthday.
The truth is that England are nowhere near as good as our press always hype them up to be.
Arguably, we should perform better than we generally do at the big competitions, but all to often, technically gifted players in the English game are forsaken for athletes.
If we were the equals of any team not possessing a Maradona or Pele like genius, you'd have a point. Unfortunately, all you are doing is backing up what prostak said.
I'm sure in the 60s fans were moaning that they couldn't see why teams couldn't stick with the WM formation.
Despite that, I actually agree and find tactical threads pretty painful. At the extreme they are people who know nothing arguing with people who have read "Inverting the Pyramid" and now think they are experts, but who also know nothing.
The problem is that the pros don't seem to give a toss either. All the experts could tell you why England were getting ripped to shreds by Germany in the world cup, but how many had a clue what could be done about it. And even if they did know what could be done, how many English players would be able to change their game to play a different way?
