Manchester City’s James Milner claims http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Paul-Scholes-c29394 is wrong in his comments about club rivalries dividing the national team
Manchester City midfielder, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/James-Milner-c17706 has gone on to deny all the claims that Paul Scholes made about club rivalries tearing apart the national side.
Scholes came forth earlier this week and stated that the rivalries between the clubs like Manchester United and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 were tearing apart the national side and due to none of the players being able to get along, they weren’t able to perform properly on
the pitch.
Despite many critics agreeing with the former Manchester United player, James Milner seems to see things a little differently. He believes that the rivalries between the players actually helps them perform better and that once they manage to settle their
differences, they produce some of the best performances the English side has ever performed.
Milner is quoted to have said: “There is always good banter amongst the lads, whether it's United-City lads or anyone really.
“I can't comment on his [Scholes'] time in the squad but I've not seen it while I've been here. Since I've been here, the players have been very together.
“We've got a good bunch of lads, good banter around the dining table, everyone eats and leaves the table together, games of table tennis, etc. Everyone mixes.
“It is a tight group and players playing together at different clubs and also through the various http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 youth teams helps that team spirit.
“There are no strangers. Everyone knows each other and that definitely helps.”
At the moment, it is very hard to agree or disagree with both Scholes and Milner. Looking at things from Scholes’s point of view, with the level of rivalry that has evolved between the top teams in England, sometimes players are looking to have a go at each
other long after the games have come to an end and hence this tension boils up inside the national team’s camps.
However, Milner’s opinion over everyone being familiar with how everyone likes to play and being able to already identify each other’s strengths and weaknesses, due to the way they prepare for games is only profitable for the side.
Many experts are now stating that irrelevant of the tension that exists between clubs these days, players need to be a whole lot more professional and when they step onto the pitch, they need to go ahead and give it their all, instead of looking to breakout
and disrupt the teams chemistry.
All in all, how the national teams perform, greatly depends on the manager and how he controls his squad.
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