Re: Shite World Cup so far...........
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:33 am
IdolDroog wrote:
> The Germans have had the most advantage to use the ball though.
> 51% of the players have had access to it before hand but not
> one of the england squad because of the English leagues. That
> seems a little harsh when considering the ball is clearly
> dramatically different to a traditional ball.
>
That's NOT the fault of the Germans, nor is it in anyway "borderline cheating" as you claimed earlier.
Could the Premier League, when negotiating their contract with Nike, inserted a clause that said, once every four years in the run up to the World Cup and for a period of no more than 6 months, the Premier League reserves the right to switch to the ball that will be used in the World Cup? Who knows? Certainly, in spite of their various contractual obligations, England could have used the ball during training sessions, but chose not to until very late on.
Germany practice penalties. We send out players to take sudden death spot kicks who have never taken a penalty before. Germany use the World Cup ball in their domestic leagues, we don't. Don't accuse the Germans of "borderline cheating" just because they prepare better than England. As someone once said, "fail to prepare; prepare to fail". That really should become the motto for the FA!
> The Germans have had the most advantage to use the ball though.
> 51% of the players have had access to it before hand but not
> one of the england squad because of the English leagues. That
> seems a little harsh when considering the ball is clearly
> dramatically different to a traditional ball.
>
That's NOT the fault of the Germans, nor is it in anyway "borderline cheating" as you claimed earlier.
Could the Premier League, when negotiating their contract with Nike, inserted a clause that said, once every four years in the run up to the World Cup and for a period of no more than 6 months, the Premier League reserves the right to switch to the ball that will be used in the World Cup? Who knows? Certainly, in spite of their various contractual obligations, England could have used the ball during training sessions, but chose not to until very late on.
Germany practice penalties. We send out players to take sudden death spot kicks who have never taken a penalty before. Germany use the World Cup ball in their domestic leagues, we don't. Don't accuse the Germans of "borderline cheating" just because they prepare better than England. As someone once said, "fail to prepare; prepare to fail". That really should become the motto for the FA!