Louis Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9421702.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 I wouldn't (on the whole) argue with that tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 As a basketball coach, I struggle with this 'winning is everything' mentality every week. I have to deal with players who have grown up playing the tactically-retarded games of soccer, gaelic football and hurling. They have been coached by parents with no formal training and no interest in coaching methods, technique, teamwork or tactics. All they care about when coaching their kids is winning and that mentality has become a brick wall that I continually struggle to break through. Basketball obviously isn't football but it takes for granted many of the things progressive coaches are trying to instill into the modern footballer. It is a game based on quick thinking, well-timed bursts of speed, positioning, teamwork and technique. A smart basketballer beats a physical basketball every day of the week. Quick passing and good movement are the keys to offensive success. Trying to convince 13-year old lads that they'd be better off slowing the ball down and running a half-court offense is made all the more difficult in that they've never been given formal positional training in any sport in their lives. And heaven forbid that they defend anything but their man. It is all head down, run all day, physical nonsense that they get taught for the age of 6 at football. My lads are beginning to make a bit of headway this season. Defensively we've got a good shape and our offense has definitely improved. We're starting to look like an actual basketball team that's interested in playing the game the way it's meant to be played. Now, if I, an 18 year old lad with basic coaching and referee qualifications, can completely change how kids play a sport for the better, why can't our youth coaches in football? This is a cancer which afflicts the entirety of the British and Irish footballing culture. The moronic, intellectually stunted approach to football which praises winning over performance. The complete lack of quality, cutting analysis in the media. The acceptance of the childrens' parents coaching the potential stars of the future. The pushing of 8-9 year old kids to win every game rather than becomes better, smarter footballers. It's a pox on all of our houses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Nothing to do with your post but why the hell is your warning status so high? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Nothing to do with your post but why the hell is your warning status so high? I have warnings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Yeah, your warning level is half full . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Fine then. Excuse me while I go curl in fetal position and sob my little Irish heart out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Looking at the warning logs in the control panel it was done by Louis on the 2nd March. Would that be around the time of a certain unmentionable cricket match ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 It was indeed. Oh the scoundrel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 It was indeed. Oh the scoundrel The joke was kind of lost if he didn't inform you of it . I'll reset it for you (as long as you don't mention the rugby) . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 The joke was kind of lost if he didn't inform you of it . I'll reset it for you (as long as you don't mention the rugby) . Is that a deal-breaker? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Is that a deal-breaker? Nah....it was the result I expected tbh, and the Irish performance earned you a bit of smugness (is that a word ?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Nah....it was the result I expected tbh, and the Irish performance earned you a bit of smugness (is that a word ?). No idea. I was actually at the match, the atmosphere was unreal. You'll struggle to beat us in any sport for as long as we cling to our post-colonial inferiority complex. Long may it continue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minde Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 get that Bruyninckx guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubecula Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 (edited) Gawd I just had a horrible thought. Ian's warning box is being reset by Mike so all those warnings have to go somewhere, and I think my comments mean Mike has a target in mind....*gulp* Edited March 23, 2011 by Rubecula Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formby Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 We have had our fair share of ‘educated’ footballers - Barry Horne, Slaven Bilic, David Weir, James Beattie – none of which probably improved their football, but was still nice to see. It always amazes me how erudite and culturally aware our legion of imported stars are compared to our home-grown players. Makes you realise what a culturally impoverished country we are and how sorry our education system is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 It's talking about football intelligence, not academic education leading to intelligence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formby Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 It's talking about football intelligence, not academic education leading to intelligence. Yes, I read the article. It was a general comment I was making arising from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Yes, I read the article. It was a general comment I was making arising from it. Walcott sounds intelligent when he speaks but he's got to be one of the stupidest players I've ever seen. I constantly find myself thinking "what a retard" when I watch him. And then you see Rooney, who comes across as thick as pig shit, but can do some incredible things with the ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcopaulo Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 agreed about walcott..his decision making is about as bad as there is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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