Post by thedon on May 26, 2010 19:15:34 GMT
This is the problem,People are more than happy to see us lose and be satisfied,There was nothing satisfactory about that performance or indeed result and we should be setting higher standards for ourselves,There can be no excuses with regards to the amount of personell in croatia,Indeed the game was poor timing etc,however if toshack hadn't have been so obnoxious then there would have been more players available to pick from and we wouldn't have had a bare bones squad,The desperation that we had to pick a non-league player to make the numbers up is an embarrassing stain on toshacks tenure.
Furthermore the 5-3-2 formation doesn't work,It never has and we simply cannot play it,We are very limited when we play that formation and never put the opposition under any pressure,We simply back off and conceed territory and get men behind the ball,This is failing football,The opposition goalie is rarely under any pressure because we are always out-numbered in the midfield,moves are always broken up quickly because there is simply nowhere for the midfield to go but backwards,This has nothing to do with the personell selected and is one of the things we could change to give ourselves the maximum chance of winning.
Don't get me wrong,I'm not saying we should be going over to croatia and giving them a going over etc,that is unrealistic,However we should have made alot more of a game of it,Croatia had a training run and that is unacceptable.
For me the most concerning thing is the lack of interest in the national team,No other teams fans apart from the minnows would have been satisfied with that dismal failure in croatia,the question is why are we,Why isn't there an uproar,Why do we put up with embarrassing football,why do people allow our team to be the pits of the world and shrug it off like its ok and in some cases even defend it,We will go nowhere with this losing mentality,Let's be realistic but lets not put up with nonsense from the team,Standards drop if they are allowed to put in substandard performances without criticism.
Furthermore the 5-3-2 formation doesn't work,It never has and we simply cannot play it,We are very limited when we play that formation and never put the opposition under any pressure,We simply back off and conceed territory and get men behind the ball,This is failing football,The opposition goalie is rarely under any pressure because we are always out-numbered in the midfield,moves are always broken up quickly because there is simply nowhere for the midfield to go but backwards,This has nothing to do with the personell selected and is one of the things we could change to give ourselves the maximum chance of winning.
Don't get me wrong,I'm not saying we should be going over to croatia and giving them a going over etc,that is unrealistic,However we should have made alot more of a game of it,Croatia had a training run and that is unacceptable.
For me the most concerning thing is the lack of interest in the national team,No other teams fans apart from the minnows would have been satisfied with that dismal failure in croatia,the question is why are we,Why isn't there an uproar,Why do we put up with embarrassing football,why do people allow our team to be the pits of the world and shrug it off like its ok and in some cases even defend it,We will go nowhere with this losing mentality,Let's be realistic but lets not put up with nonsense from the team,Standards drop if they are allowed to put in substandard performances without criticism.