Assumed so... Just would have expected more in total... Especially when factoring in a lot of players may have only clocked up 1 or 2 caps.... Then agan #England.
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Assumed so... Just would have expected more in total... Especially when factoring in a lot of players may have only clocked up 1 or 2 caps.... Then agan #England.
Nope.
Okay
Newcastle supporting grandad exposed himself to Tottenham fans at Wembley
Didn't even mention our winner!
Didn't even mention our winner!
Interesting. No doubt West African teams can been seen as physical teams but are no bigger than most European teams .
I feel they lack that real creative spark so any stereotype may be based on how they play .
20 years ago we were told an African team would be in the final , in my opinion they are no nearer today than then.
Wishing them well but generally don't find them exciting to watch .
Senegal were far more exciting to watch than the football played by the so called elite teams like Germany, Brazil and Argentina so far
You see this in league football commentary as well. African players who have been living and working in the bigger European leagues for years, taking part in the same technical drills as their European, South American, Asian/whatever colleagues are still generally described with words like "pace" and "power". I dunno if it is because of what roles they play in their teams or if it is just a trope/coincidence at this point.
Idrissa Guye at Everton is real good with the ball technically and hard to disposses but most commentators tend to still say that it is because of his power rather than skills.
Why they don't produce real flair merchants generally is a mystery.
Also there is economics to take in. African countries produce decent players in numbers and can be picked up relatively cheaply . Teams like West Spam can pad out squads with ok hard working players for little dosh .
Have the BBC stopped going on about Mo Salah yet?.....
Shearer saying it was "great he scored the penalty after all he's been through over the past 5 weeks"
They don't even talk about the England players like that
Shearer saying it was "great he scored the penalty after all he's been through over the past 5 weeks"
They don't even talk about the England players like that
This is a corker.
BBC Employee (or self employed contractor to the beeb, I dont care which) makes a casually racist, not very funny joke about the senegal team on twitter. BBC story on Sugar refers to the "former Tottenham Chairman), and not "
BBC Employee" (or self employed contractor to the beeb, I dont care which
Lord Sugar criticised for tweet comparing Senegal team to 'beach sellers in Marbella'
BBC Employee (or self employed contractor to the beeb, I dont care which) makes a casually racist, not very funny joke about the senegal team on twitter. BBC story on Sugar refers to the "former Tottenham Chairman), and not "
BBC Employee" (or self employed contractor to the beeb, I dont care which
Lord Sugar criticised for tweet comparing Senegal team to 'beach sellers in Marbella'
It did have a proper historic background, like why English football was stuck on long balls and physical play.
Pitches. English pitches were muddy and you had a hard time playing close quarter passing game, African pitches were subpar so pace was much more important than technical skill.
in 2018 both are as irrelevant as the spice girls.
Still time for one last BBC wankfest Mohamed Salah: Why World Cup will miss Egypt star
All very OTT. Shame for him personally and a great player but one among a few at the WC, which has been very good so far, so it's hard to see who will really be missing him apart from Egypt fans. The BBC should really be asking the hard questions about Salah's emerging relationship with Kadyrov rather than trot out these puff pieces.
The day after Kane equals World Cup record.....great story bbc, but who gives a fuck outside of Liverpool
