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I hope not until we realise that the football in this country is inferior, will we learn and improve the standard. The only why this will happen is if we lose often.
If you lose, don't lose the lesson.
If you lose, don't lose the lesson.
Watching Tv with my flatmate last night, turn on teletext, Leeds 1, Milan 0, Lee Bowyer. Pictures spring to mind of a typical Bowyer goal, strong shot into one of the corners from the edge of the box, hahaha how wrong can you be.
That was a goalkeeping gaffe even David James would be proud of! Maybe Dida was playimg too many computer games before the match?
I think a win was just about fair from the highlights I saw, although maybe Milan deserved a draw.
That was a goalkeeping gaffe even David James would be proud of! Maybe Dida was playimg too many computer games before the match?
I think a win was just about fair from the highlights I saw, although maybe Milan deserved a draw.
Inferior to who? I presume you refer at least to the Italian and Spanish leagues, yet we have had reasonable success against teams from this league in the last couple of seasons - Man Utd's victories over Inter, Juventus & Valencia, Arsenal beat Dep. la Coruna (the reigning Spanish champions), convincingly, Leeds beat Roma last season, I could go on. Yes, there have been defeats by clubs from these leagues for British clubs too, but my point is that we are no longer hopelessly outclassed by teams from any league, as may have been the case 5 years ago. It's impossible to say which league is the best, but undeniably the top 3 are Italy, Spain and England, with not much to chose between the 3.
If you are going so far as to refer to Leagues like the German and French ones, you are very wrong. These leagues have some good teams but overall the standard is much, much lower.
Finally, losing is not necessary to improve the standard of British football. Improvement comes form long term planning and commitment, from youth and grass roots level. The FA seems slowly to be catching on to this, and taking appropriate steps. The main factor in this is the failure of the national team, not clubs fielding 7 or more foreign players in the Champions league losing. Europe is a learning experience, you need to play in it to get better. It's therefore necessary to win and get more games to improve in competitions like the Champions league. Of course, you can't always win, and you learn more lessons from getting beaten. Leeds will find it tough this season - but they shouldn't be expecting to do well at their first attempt anyway. David O'Leary has said as much too, frankly progressing to the 2nd round will be a good achievement for them. But regardless of whether they win or lose they will learn a lot this season.
If you are going so far as to refer to Leagues like the German and French ones, you are very wrong. These leagues have some good teams but overall the standard is much, much lower.
Finally, losing is not necessary to improve the standard of British football. Improvement comes form long term planning and commitment, from youth and grass roots level. The FA seems slowly to be catching on to this, and taking appropriate steps. The main factor in this is the failure of the national team, not clubs fielding 7 or more foreign players in the Champions league losing. Europe is a learning experience, you need to play in it to get better. It's therefore necessary to win and get more games to improve in competitions like the Champions league. Of course, you can't always win, and you learn more lessons from getting beaten. Leeds will find it tough this season - but they shouldn't be expecting to do well at their first attempt anyway. David O'Leary has said as much too, frankly progressing to the 2nd round will be a good achievement for them. But regardless of whether they win or lose they will learn a lot this season.