Where does England stand after one year after their FIFA 2010 World Cup debacle? (Part 2)
If there is a serious need to address this situation then changes need to be made at the grass roots level where these footballers are developing. The English media is quick to put all the blame on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabio-c13152 Capello but in reality
it’s the English players that are the reason for the team’s downfall. Other teams are adopting the Spanish style of play where ball possession is the key in controlling a match. England are still woeful with the ball at their feet.
The likes of Germany are wasting no time in integrating youngsters into their first time line up. With England, it seems as if Capello is afraid of trying out the nation’s youngsters. Maybe the Italian is playing it safe till he
parts ways with the Three Lions in 2012 after the European Championships but this strategy is going to come back to haunt the English in the longer run. With http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Steven-Gerrard-c34196
ready to play out the last two to three years of their careers as footballers, it is about time that England invest some trust in their youngsters.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gary-Cahill-c14439 are both excellent centre backs as they have proved over the previous English
Premier League season with Manchester United and Bolton Wanderers respectively. At Tottenham Hotspur, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Danny-Rose-c10222 has impressed in short bursts under Harry Redknapp. Maybe Capello should start integrating these players into the international team. Additionally,
England have a serious problem when it comes to producing ambidextrous players, players who can play football with both their feet.
Modern football has evolved to a higher level where players like http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 are comfortable when they
have to pass or shoot with their wrong foot. This isn’t true for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736, Frank Lampard and
Steven Gerrard are not at all confident on their weaker foot.
This makes it easier for players who are playing against them as their pattern of dribble and play becomes quite predictable. Moreover, England lack a determination when they are defending without the ball. Either a side adopts
a full-press strategy which means that players press up the field in order to dispossess the other team or they go for a patient policy where a team sits back and hits their opponents on the counter attack.
Both of these strategies are not at all successful without a team effort. Pressing and winning the ball back is done as a team and this is something that England don’t understand. Against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 almost
a year ago, England were lost when their opponents came at them. They were not pressing as a team and winning the ball back which is an essential component of football especially when one is playing at their home stadium.
In the end all that can be said of England is that they are still lacking the tactical ingenuity as well as the talent in pure and simple terms to line up against the big boys of European as well as world football. Likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brazil-c2858
and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/America-c38390 giants with a production line of its own. England on the other hand is producing second class footballers which are hyped up as world class, footballers
who only use their favourite foot and only know how to defend by hoofing the ball into the stands.
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