Ex England international Gary Stevens said live on the radio something along the lines of "the main problem with the England team is the well-meaning fathers who coach their young children incorrectly".
Personally, I think Stevens is waffling. I will jot a few things down that clearly have no effect on the lack of improvement in young footballers across the UK.
♠ It is not the £49.50 per child for 3 days of coaching at soccer schools like the Gary Stevens Ball School.
♠ Not the £50 - £80 per week fees per child to play football at the "soccer in the community" schemes held by football clubs during school holidays.
♠ Not the £3 per hour fees for children to play football at their local sports centre or astroturf pitch.
♠ Not the merry-go-round of coaches using the youngsters as a stepping stone to further their coaching careers onto the adult football circuit.
♠ Not the professional clubs kicking possibly talented youngsters to the kerb after 1 year contracts at the soccer academies.
♠ Not the lack of playing facilities at all schools at all levels.
♠ Not the "no ball games allowed" policy in UK schools due to health and safety reasons.
♠ Not the "no one must lose", PC brigade doctrinated school sports days where competition is replaced by pass the parcel games.
♠ Not the measly 1-2 hour per week for physical education in the school curriculum.
♠ Not the 1-2 hours of P.E cancelled due to rain, lack of qualified teachers, or the cancelled P.E lessons replaced by nativity play rehearsals etc.
♠ Not the lack of UK players playing in the UK leagues, due to the inflated transfer fees for home-based players over Scandinavian players etc.
England Blog Comment :: So now you know.
Posted at 7:16 PM, Thursday, February 15, 2007
Personally, I think Stevens is waffling. I will jot a few things down that clearly have no effect on the lack of improvement in young footballers across the UK.
♠ It is not the £49.50 per child for 3 days of coaching at soccer schools like the Gary Stevens Ball School.
♠ Not the £50 - £80 per week fees per child to play football at the "soccer in the community" schemes held by football clubs during school holidays.
♠ Not the £3 per hour fees for children to play football at their local sports centre or astroturf pitch.
♠ Not the merry-go-round of coaches using the youngsters as a stepping stone to further their coaching careers onto the adult football circuit.
♠ Not the professional clubs kicking possibly talented youngsters to the kerb after 1 year contracts at the soccer academies.
♠ Not the lack of playing facilities at all schools at all levels.
♠ Not the "no ball games allowed" policy in UK schools due to health and safety reasons.
♠ Not the "no one must lose", PC brigade doctrinated school sports days where competition is replaced by pass the parcel games.
♠ Not the measly 1-2 hour per week for physical education in the school curriculum.
♠ Not the 1-2 hours of P.E cancelled due to rain, lack of qualified teachers, or the cancelled P.E lessons replaced by nativity play rehearsals etc.
♠ Not the lack of UK players playing in the UK leagues, due to the inflated transfer fees for home-based players over Scandinavian players etc.
England Blog Comment :: So now you know.
Posted at 7:16 PM, Thursday, February 15, 2007
2 Comments
England lose because the manager is hopless and does not know what he is doing. The players are good enough to play better.
By 
, at 12:44 AM
Not the anti-competition stance those liberal, tree hugging bastards teach the kids these days.
The reason England are crap is because A, the players don't truly believe, B, most of them lack the technical ability needed to compete with the best European teams and the Brazilians, and C, The FA took the easy route, and apppointed a 'yes man' who also happens to be a hopeless twonk.
By 
Karen Scott, at 6:54 AM
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