A moment of clarity (whilst watching football)

[Rastalovich]

A steady dose of the realities here.

The english premiership, one of the biggest wage payers in world football.

Tonite Sunderland versus Birmingham, total of some 32 players eligable to play today. Wage sum of something in excess of £1m a week for them all.

.. and they`re all sheet.

With the exception of 2/3 players, one maybe being a goal keeper, would ever set foot in a premiership football club if u were building one with a fixed amount of cash.

I`m not sure if more than 10 of them would set foot in a championship side under similar restrictions.

.. and yet there`s £1m+ in wages going on, per week.

(I understand the newly promoted clubs situation as well btw, b4 that gets thrown out)

Think we can appreciate more about clubs buying foreign players.

 

[FarFarAway]

I don't. If we coached decent youngsters and encouraged UK talent then we'd have one of the best national teams around.

What you also have to remember is that these players are playing against players of a similar standard and basically cancel each other out.

Being a pro doesn't just mean talent, it also means knowing the systems and what to do in all situations. The very best players can do that in their sleep...and make it look easy as well as adding a little bit extra

 

[Rastalovich]

Being a pro means u should pass a ball 10 feet and it gets to where u want it. Passing it 40 yards and it going pretty much where u want it can`t be taught, imo, it`s plain and simple practice. Doesn`t take a league of coaching, it takes a ball or 2 and 2 people in a park, and of course the will to want to do it.

What I`m refering to here is the £1m+ compared with lets say the european counterparts who may play in their own premiership.

Brazil is the greatest example of coaching. Walk onto the beach and pick 11 kids.

 

[Hyper]

But the Premiership is so fast nowadays its not all about just being able to pass the ball.

Although I am defending them, they do get payed far too much.

 

[FarFarAway]

Yep they still get paid too much

Passing a ball 40 yards can be taught, I have no idea what level of football you've been involved with, but it can't be that high if you think that!

There are plenty of very talented kids in the UK, it's just English football never picks the talented ones up...it picks the ones who are big/fast/hard

 

[Rastalovich]

1st team training with Manchester United - ??? doesn`t make an incline of difference what level of football, it`s a simple game. Doesn`t need the complications.

U reckon u can teach players to pass a football 40 yards ? How come out of the whole premiership, u can name maybe 10 players who do it well. I can`t name 10 tbh. That`s out of 2000+ players in the whole football league.

.. and the quickest way to score a goal is an accurate long ball, if it was train-able, every1 would be doing it.

This fast football is a load of crock, imo.

That kind of 1990`s revolution of football.

T`is fixed too of course

But the Premiership is so fast nowadays its not all about just being able to pass the ball.

There we have it in a nutshell.

Passing is fundamental to football imo. Cept u r correct.

I`ll give u another clarical moment. The training through-out all of football, atleast in the UK anyway, is fundamentally flawed.

The emphasis is run faster, be able to run longer, and keep "fitness". (and dive convincingly)

This happens up to 4 days a week, for long periods (at Liverpool and Cardiff City anyway, only places I have experience of) - this, imo, is what leads the long term injuries of players. Especially ones that hit the top 1st teams at young ages.

Managers seek to rest their players - and we`re always up in arms about how in the 70s they used to eat steak pies, smoke and have beers at half time - and play 2 or 3 games a week with 13 players. (and if u had a bad toe - u played)

These days, playing 2 games in a week for a player, he`ll probably miss a game the following week. Is this right ? To me it is, but it`s not down to the games played, it`s the form of training.