Wigan Athletic manager, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-c31294 Martinez thinks that England needs to shun their scouting philosophy of going after strong and tall players, and put forward the example of diminutive Spanish players Andres Iniesta and Xavi Hernandez and the role
they played in their country’s European Championships triumph.
The Three Lions stumbled to a quarterfinal defeat yet again in a major tournament, after suffering a shoot-out loss against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926. Despite displaying their defensive prowess time and again during the competition, Roy Hodgson’s unit struggled to establish
themselves offensively and were criticized heavily for pursuing an over defensive approach.
Keeping in view the management’s tendency to include strong and burly players in the squad, the 38-year old believes that instead of giving first preference to the players’ physiques, the scout teams should spot new players purely on football merit.
To support his point of view, he put forward the example of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 del Bosque’s team, who recently hammered Italy in the final to lift their third successive major title. He pointed out towards the central role played by their undersized superstars, Xavi
and Iniesta in their victory.
He told the reporters in an interview, “Iniesta and Xavi would never have made it six years ago in a British team. The first selection is 'not tall enough, not strong enough'”
The Spaniard was also quick on dismissing the notion that England lacked players with a technical approach, highlighting the fact that top five teams of the Premier League were brimming with players with technical mindsets. He also felt that his striker,
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Victor-Moses-c36075 should have been included in the national squad, as he is one of the most adroit players in the English League.
However, he admitted that the Three Lions should adopt a more positive approach, involving possession retaining football, and should avoid the strategy of just going for clean sheets.
He added, “If you look at what we've done in the last five years, the English player is technical…We need to develop a team which is better on the ball and outplays other teams, and having that philosophy rather than trying to keep a clean sheet.”
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jack-Wilshere-c17463 who missed out on a place in the Euro squad due to injury, insisting that the player had a bright future ahead of him.
He also felt that given his challenging one-year loan spell at Bolton Wanderers, in which he helped the Trotters stave-off relegation from the top division, he had become a stronger player mentally and will prove to be a valuable asset for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749.
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