Give Capello and England a chance

If you picked up a newspaper this morning and read the back page I am pretty sure that  a majority of the headlines are slamming England and Fabio Capello.

For those of you not in the know, England drew 2-2 with the Czech Republic last night after twice going behind.

It makes me mad sometimes to see these reports.
Firstly, the Czech Republic qualified for the Euro’s where England failed so to get a result against them is not a bad thing at all!

Secondly, the papers are saying that “the pampered stars shame the national game” how ridiculous! They showed the strength and will to pull back from behind twice in this game. These players are mostly lads in their twenties, little more than kids. Yes they lead a rich and privelidged lifestyle but that’s something that come’s with the territory. Does anybody really think that these players don’t care about results? If they do they are idiots, even the most pampered richest player in the World, David Beckham, still hates losing!

Thirdly, capello is still adjusting and is still trying different players out. The damage done by previous manager, Steve McClaren, will take a while to sort out. But all in all I look at his team selection and think theres not much different I would do either. Maybe Crouchy would feature more but that’s just my opinion. I certainly don’t think I can tell Mr Capello how to do his job. He’s a good coach, end of story.

I’m a Welshman, a part of me would love to see England flop but the football loving part of me wants them to perform to the best of their ability something they are not yet doing, but give mr Capello the time and freedom to do what he needs to do and I think they will qualify for the World cup. And that should be enough. Don’t expect England to be pushing to the quarters or Semi’s, just accept that qualification will be an improvement and if they achieve that, Capello will have succeeded in his job and can then set himself the next target.

FA launch Respect campaign

The FA have launched a respect campaign aimed at getting players to show proper respect to Referees and officials during games.

A move, in my opinion, long over due.

The problem though is that players have not lost respect, they never had it in the first place!

Todays players have been brought up as “Stars” from an early age and think they can throw tantrums whenever a decision goes against them. Personally I think it should be treated the same as a professional foul, with teams punished for a players outbursts.

Football is starting to surprise me. As I began to lose faith in the F.A. (it’s been a while since I had many positives to say about them), they announce this campaign and I really hope they follow through with it.

You can read more about the campaign here