Mo Gosfield
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- Aug 11, 2010
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Well. Which camp are you in ( if you'll pardon the expression )
1) Are you with the FA and ECB, who clearly feel there isn't much wrong with our football and cricket, bar a little bit of tinkering here and there. After our worst World Cup performance since 1958 ( and the last three World Cups have got progressively worse ) our manager gets complete endorsement to carry on for another two years. After the shambles in Australia and now a summer of cricket where England are getting worse by the minute, the selectors have decided to stick by the same players who keep letting England down. They have made one change and that was enforced.
2) The FA. Forget Dyke's blueprint. " I want us to be semi-finalists by 2022 "...FFS...Get someone in who understands football and sport and let the overrated Dyke concentrate on running his golf club and other business interests. The perfect candidate would be Seb Coe. He has achieved at the highest level as a competitor and administrator and has the ear of government. Knows his football inside out and can make big decisions. Wouldn't be afraid to shake up English football, which IMHO is needed.
The ECB/Selectors. Grow some ' you know whats ' and admit they have made a mistake with Peter Moores and Alistair Cook. The whole business of centrally contracted players needs reviewing. Too many players have got too cosy in the ' Club England ' set-up and barely play any cricket away from the International arena. Players are persisted with after months of failure and we are clearly heading in the wrong direction. Like football, cricket needs someone strong at the helm to restore pride and I would go for Ian Terence Botham but I'm sure you will have other ideas out there.
I just feel that we have two governing bodies that are not serving football and cricket well enough and that serious change is required to restore pride at national level.
" Lions led by Donkeys " springs to mind.
1) Are you with the FA and ECB, who clearly feel there isn't much wrong with our football and cricket, bar a little bit of tinkering here and there. After our worst World Cup performance since 1958 ( and the last three World Cups have got progressively worse ) our manager gets complete endorsement to carry on for another two years. After the shambles in Australia and now a summer of cricket where England are getting worse by the minute, the selectors have decided to stick by the same players who keep letting England down. They have made one change and that was enforced.
2) The FA. Forget Dyke's blueprint. " I want us to be semi-finalists by 2022 "...FFS...Get someone in who understands football and sport and let the overrated Dyke concentrate on running his golf club and other business interests. The perfect candidate would be Seb Coe. He has achieved at the highest level as a competitor and administrator and has the ear of government. Knows his football inside out and can make big decisions. Wouldn't be afraid to shake up English football, which IMHO is needed.
The ECB/Selectors. Grow some ' you know whats ' and admit they have made a mistake with Peter Moores and Alistair Cook. The whole business of centrally contracted players needs reviewing. Too many players have got too cosy in the ' Club England ' set-up and barely play any cricket away from the International arena. Players are persisted with after months of failure and we are clearly heading in the wrong direction. Like football, cricket needs someone strong at the helm to restore pride and I would go for Ian Terence Botham but I'm sure you will have other ideas out there.
I just feel that we have two governing bodies that are not serving football and cricket well enough and that serious change is required to restore pride at national level.
" Lions led by Donkeys " springs to mind.