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I'd like to see the Special One take the job but I clearly have no idea who is going to be McLaren's successor!

[kurtsimonw]

I do agree with some of what you're saying.

Like you said, goalkeeping is our worst position. Look at the games we lost in qualifying.

@ Croatia: Robinson completey misses the ball - They win 2-0.
@ Russia: Robinson parries the ball right in front of the Russian striker, who has an open goal.
vs Croatia: Carson allows the ball to bounce in front og him and doesn't react quickly enough - It goes in.

I must honestly say I can't recall many times where we've lost a game in moral circumstances. It's our keeper that hurts us. We lose so many games because of them, just look at our game vs germany, another Robinson howler. The last time we exited a competition without the need of penalties? A Seaman howler.

Obviously this isn't ALL of our problems, just part of it.

The keepers had nothing to do with our 0-0 draws with Israel or Macedonia, with no disrespect intended, they're games we should be winning. The problem there? I just don't know. We can't seem to break teams down, I don't know what that is because of. I think some of the players can be accused of not giving 100% effort. I'm not sure why this is, maybe some of them are sick of being bood by their own 'fans', others may be more concerned about their next club match. But it's clearly evident with some of them.

I think we have a few World class players. Gerrard and Lampard is the obvious cases. Drogba was useless for Chelsea for the first 18 months, Lampard carried them in an attacking sense. Gerrard took Liverpool to 2 CL Finals, when in m opinion, the rest of their squad has been very average in recent years. The only other players I would put in the World Class category would be JT, Beckham and Rooney. But they have their flaws. JT and Rooney have injury problems, they're not always going to be fit. Beckham, while having superb set-peice and crossing ability, can no longer run, at all. I wouldn't consider any of our other players World Class, maybe very good, but not the very best the World has to offer.

So there's my reasons.
Kepeers, commitment and not enough World Class players. Agree or disagree, that's just my opinion.

As for comparing us to other nations. I believe Germany, Italy, France, Portugal, Holland, Brazil and Argentina are equal to/better than we are. Every other team we play, we should draw/beat!

P.S. Cricket team!? They're a joke! At the moment we have Lewis Hamilton, Ricky Hatton and the Rugby team that're some of the best in the World. That's about it thoguh. (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

This post has been edited by kurtsimonw: Nov 24 2007, 09:53 PM