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Why do the home countries struggle to succeed?
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 EverybodyDannsNow  SE19 06 Jun 22 4.25pm |
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The obvious answer to the OP is that their populations are tiny, and often the real top talent in a generation goes off to play for England (see Rice & Grealish) Ireland have a decent generation coming through for the first time since the 90s - certainly they won't win anything, but I'm hoping they qualify for a couple of big tournaments. Wales have had a bloody decent 10 years to be fair to them.
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| EverybodyDannsNow SE19 06 Jun 22 4.26pm |
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Originally posted by ASCPFC
Stephen Kenny gets angry with the media every time he's told that Ireland weren't good enough. Quite hilarious, a real bluffer. To be fair to him, the Irish press are worse than the English when it comes to a pile-on of the national team.
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ASCPFC  Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 06 Jun 22 4.48pm |
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Originally posted by EverybodyDannsNow
To be fair to him, the Irish press are worse than the English when it comes to a pile-on of the national team. They have been bad for years though, with slight recent improvement. I believe some of the criticism is justified. Ireland have lost badly to some incredible teams. Kenny did a De Boer, worse I think, but he's been stuck with. In fairness to him, he promised youth and has delivered in that respect. Starting to win fans back around. Results wise - awful.
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| EverybodyDannsNow SE19 06 Jun 22 5.05pm |
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Originally posted by ASCPFC
They have been bad for years though, with slight recent improvement. I believe some of the criticism is justified. Ireland have lost badly to some incredible teams. Kenny did a De Boer, worse I think, but he's been stuck with. In fairness to him, he promised youth and has delivered in that respect. Starting to win fans back around. Results wise - awful. Yeah, the squad has been garbage for years now though - always feels a bit pointless to criticise when the squad is just sh*te. It's been a Championship team, if that, for the last 10+ years. Quality is gradually improving, and it should look more like a bottom half Prem side in the next few years.
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| ASCPFC Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 06 Jun 22 6.03pm |
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Originally posted by EverybodyDannsNow
Yeah, the squad has been garbage for years now though - always feels a bit pointless to criticise when the squad is just sh*te. It's been a Championship team, if that, for the last 10+ years. Quality is gradually improving, and it should look more like a bottom half Prem side in the next few years. Rice and Grealish would probably improve them.
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| ASCPFC Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 10 Jun 22 12.00pm |
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| EverybodyDannsNow SE19 10 Jun 22 12.08pm |
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Originally posted by ASCPFC
Ha! Dunphy has always loved a headline It's a poor squad, there's no denying, but the future looks brighter than it did 5 years ago... I hope. Our own Tayo Adaramola had a great debut for the U21s this week by all accounts.
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| CrazyBadger Ware 10 Jun 22 12.18pm |
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I always considered the reason England, in particular, never had sustained success at Global sports is that we have a 'jack-of-all-trades, Master-of-none' attitude to sport. Other countries, especially the smaller ones, seem to specialise in a single sport more. Holland, Germany, Brazil, argentina - all primarily footballing nations Wales, Ireland, Scotland, New Zealand - all primarily rugby nations WIndies, India, pakistan, - all primarily cricket nations England seem to want to compete at The highest level across Football, Rugby and Cricket, and a host of all other sports, spreading the talent pool for each thin. Only a few countries have managed to get Sustained success across multiple sports - Australia and South Africa both at Cricket and Rugby the obvious examples. I'd say, however, across these 3 'main' global sports, England has had the most success, occasionally topping the world at each - albeit briefly.
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| ASCPFC Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 10 Jun 22 8.07pm |
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Originally posted by EverybodyDannsNow
Ha! Dunphy has always loved a headline It's a poor squad, there's no denying, but the future looks brighter than it did 5 years ago... I hope. Our own Tayo Adaramola had a great debut for the U21s this week by all accounts. Watching Irish football with Dunphy, Brady and Giles on punditry was a bit like a Monty Python sketch. There will never be the like again - rightly or wrongly.
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| EddieMac 12 Jun 22 9.27pm |
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Originally posted by Badger11
None of them have a decent domestic league so they have to rely on other countries mainly England to train their players. They need to stop looking at England and look at Holland, small population that has over achieved in multiple sports. What are the Dutch doing that they are not. England's failure to add to one world cup is a whole other story. What are the other sports the Dutch have over achieved in. Football isn’t even the most popular sport in Ireland. Gaelic games are.
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| dreamwaverider London 12 Jun 22 9.55pm |
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Originally posted by YT
I watched it on the telly. I watched it on the telly in Germany!!
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| Badger11 Beckenham 13 Jun 22 6.38am |
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Originally posted by EddieMac
What are the other sports the Dutch have over achieved in. Football isn’t even the most popular sport in Ireland. Gaelic games are.
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