Smile or Get Sent Home
Sorry, but I need to use the F word. It’s ‘the day after’ and I can’t quite get yesterday’s game out of my mind. Yes, the football.
I’m not going to whine. I’m not going to ask AGAIN? I’m not going to ask why Capello brought on Heskey instead of Crouch. And I’m certainly not going to ask why the centre-backs apparently forgot what the job entails.
I am instead, going to reach for the positive message that came from the weekend’s football. Back in January Richard Denny wrote a blog about Barbara Ehrenreich’s book attacking the power of positive thinking. Basically Enrenreich says it doesn’t work.
Well Barbara, perhaps you should watch your fellow Americans play football. (World football, not American football!) On Saturday night during the US v Ghana build-up the ITV commentator mentioned that all teams that buy American footballers say their technical skills are only one of their benefits. They say US players are a bonus due to the relentless belief they will win. ‘Americans certainly believe in their capacity for coming from behind. They have proven it more than once.’
Sure the US got knocked out. But for a team that is not in the world’s top ten they did themselves proud. Positive thinking. US footballers are a good example of its power.
Maradona seems fairly positive, wouldn’t you say?
Kieran Bird
