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"England loosing 3-0 to Denmark"

it just happened the danes scored three in a row in under 5 mins


why.........?

If they had to work a separate job then fair enough however they are paid to play football and that is their sole job. They are trained to do it and if they can't manage 3 games, at most, then to me they shouldn't be getting paid anywhere near as much.

Yes it is a job demanding top fitness however they should be at that level to manage that number of games, especially with all the staff and equipment around them.

*cough*

Erm, what about those playing in Europe? That's two, occassionally three games a week.

20 minutes after voicing an opinion on the soccer ball and i haven't been burned alive by raging mad limey's. I'm scared *cowers in corner* :-D

I've played lots of sports and i'm by no means Mr Fitness but i can get through a 90 minute soccer ball match easily with a bit of pain during the night but then fine again the following day. Basketball is far more tiring, well here in England anyway considering it was 60 minute games instead of 48 and it was basically two halves of 30 minutes with 3 breaks in it at most. That's also without a specialist bunch of people organising diets for me, hi-tech gym equipment available whenever i liked and a coaching team giving me the benefit of all their experience.

Now i'm not saying playing in a school game is the same as the World Cup but if so called professional footballers can't manage 2 games a week on the amount of money they earn then they shouldn't be earning that much or shouldn't be playing at all.

Stryke wrote:
> Foreman wrote:
> Kawada wrote:
> Poor mites, 90 minutes of work twice a week plus training. How do
> they ever cope?
>
> --
>
> Have you ever actually played a 90 minute football match? Even at the
> low low standard I play it's incredibly knackering. I even get tired
> after a 40 minute 6-a-side match, and I'd consider myself fairly
> fit.
>
> Being a professional athlete = dedication

He is right, it iis not just about sitting down all week, unless your mikey owen :0 :0

Foreman wrote:
> Kawada wrote:
> Poor mites, 90 minutes of work twice a week plus training. How do
> they ever cope?

--

Have you ever actually played a 90 minute football match? Even at the low low standard I play it's incredibly knackering. I even get tired after a 40 minute 6-a-side match, and I'd consider myself fairly fit.

Being a professional athlete = dedication

This is how I'm picturing it, anyway:

----------------OWEN--------------------------
---------------ROONEY-----------------------
---------------------------------------------SWP
--------LAMPARD--GERRARD-----------
---------------BECKHAM---------------------
----------------------------------------------------
COLE----TERRY--FERDINAND--------
-----------------CAMPBELL------------------
-----------------ROBINSON------------------

Ah, pretty.

I should point out that it's not how I would ideally do it, but it's interesting to consider the possibility of a system containing three centre-halves.

apologies double post :)

Foreman wrote:
> QuAgMiRe wrote:
> Yeah but we could switch wright-phillips and cole between downing
> and
> beckham.
>
> Who would become the defensive midfielder if Beckham moves onto the
> right flank?

Carrick, hargreaves, parker or p.neville.
Beckham shouldn't be a defensive midfielder anyway.
We need 3-1-2-2-2


robinson (gk)

campbell (cb) terry (cb) ferdinand (cb)



hargreaves (Dm)


downing (lm) Wright-phillips (rm)



gerrard (lcam) lampard (rcam)



rooney (cf)
owen (st)

A mistake. Apologies.