I'd back this squad in a spelling bee all day long over the team of the 'Arry era.
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Agreed with you completely until the summing up .Intelligence and sporting intelligence are unrelated in my experience
Take Gazza for instance , in footballing terms he was a genius
Outside the game he had the IQ of a flip flop
I have met several sportsmen who on the field could perform tactical computations and pick options and execute them at bewildering speeds but could barely tie their own shoelaces.
It's my belief that the current squad malaise is a motivational issue rather than a lack of sporting intelligence.
Probably along lines of: "How the fuck did I make it to being a Premier League footballer?"And winks..he's always got this look with his eyebrows up like he is thinking something. Guys an idiot.
I laugh when people think that millionaire professional footballers need to be coached to tackle someone who is through on goal, or shoot, or pass the ball to each otherEvery manager says that this season has been difficult to do a lot of tactical coaching. The players are knackered apparently.
But even if they were poorly coached, there’s so many not playing as a team. And shit like tracking your runner, passing to your own player, etc that these fuckers learned when they were ten years old, they just aren’t doing.
I laugh when people think that millionaire professional footballers need to be coached to tackle someone who is through on goal, or shoot, or pass the ball to each other
Oh please it’s the most shit excuse I’ve ever heard.The whole league is full of morons if we're being honest with ourselves. It's just that our morons had a moron in charge for the last 18 months and he has infected their little brains with shit ideas.
Will take some time and confidence to undo it all.
100%The whole league is full of morons if we're being honest with ourselves.
....but it will do when they realise that all the surplus stock has turned to mature Stilton!!!!The club is in absolute turmoil. Most of the players are shit, we have no manager and the cheese room isn't making a profit