Hindsight thinking
It seems almost everyone has an opinion as to how and why the English Team put up such a dismal performance in the World Cup. The criticism is intense but we can all be so wise after the event, and in all honesty you don’t have to have a great brain to find fault and criticize.
On several occasions I have been asked to forecast the eventual winner in South Africa, my reply “It will be the team with the greatest motivation – attitude – passion, not the team with the greatest talent”.
Our English Team never had a cat in hells chance from the start. Yes they were a little bit jaded at the conclusion of the season, but so were a lot of the other European Teams, but our English Team right from the time they departed clearly showed that they were not going to be winners. Their body language, their facial expression, their communication and overall demeanour was devoid of that vital ingredient to win. One could easily point the finger at the Manager, but realistically he was severely handicapped by his command of the Team’s language – English. I can tell you from experience it is extremely difficult to motivate and inspire others unless you have a really good command of their language and how to use the right inflexion in the voice. The Team Captain was hampered by his obvious lack of Leadership and Motivational skills. Yes I hear you say, that’s not important for the Captain in football, bulls***, if that is the thinking and the wisdom, BIG, BIG, BIG MISTAKE.
So some great lessons to be learnt but sadly this great national sport appears not to be run by people with common sense.
