patrickblue wrote:Bianchi on Ice wrote:Fair enough Ted, but substituting Capello for someone else cannot hide Englands shortcomings.
The point is that the shortcomings are caused by the manager. He picks the players and works out the tactics. I don't believe a competent manager would make the glaring errors as highlighted it Ted's thread above.
Yeh he picks the team but how different a team would 90% of the public have picked today? Some may have Johnson in here, some may have Dawson in but all in all that is Englands best team. How does that explain the mistakes on the pitch though? John Terry running 6 yards out of position for the first goal letting them in on goal directly from a goal kick? A goal kick?! You wouldnt even ever see that in Sunday league football?
How does it explain the numerous other appalling pieces of play that occurred. Mis-placed passes, players out of postion, not tracking back with purpose. How does it explain Rooney looking like a pub player the whole tournament, unable to even control a football.
I think some of the blame can be pointed at Capello for not being brave enough with his squad selection but what happened on the pitch throughout the whole tournament is down to the players and they were a disgrace! Its too easy to just blame the manager. In my opinion the problems come from the players mentality. They blow it when it counts, every single time.