Feet of clay!
Thursday, 1 July 2010
I, along with a few of my friends and colleagues, went to the big screen at Regency 'Club 13' to watch the World Cup Football match between England and Germany. Dhaka does not have a big English community or fan. We were all embarrassed by the performance of the England team. The first two German goals were just a sad joke. I was pleasantly surprised when England scored a 'goal'. How could the referee or the linesman fail to observe that the ball was three feet over the line? The ground has a big screen and about 10 seconds later all could see the "goal". Funnily enough, the same linesman gave Rooney offside after about two minutes when he was clean through and had clearly been played onside by a German player!
I guess once England were chasing the game the inevitable happened. The biggest single problem is that the England team was built around Rooney. I cannot remember a player of any international status playing as badly in a World Cup as Rooney had done.
The England team will have some people greeting them when they return home and will then play a meaningless friendly against Belgium or someone, win 5 -0 and everyone will say "England are back". The truth is that these players are earning a fortune at their clubs and they have been given a status in the society they do not deserve!
England were pitiful at this World cup because they were less of a "team" than I have ever seen. USA, New Zealand or Australia have a very limited numbers of players to choose from but they showed how to work as a team.
I cannot actually remember England in a World Cup playing as badly as they did this time!
Ronald Biswas,
DOHS Baridhara, Dhaka;
Email: ron_biswas@hotmail.com
I guess once England were chasing the game the inevitable happened. The biggest single problem is that the England team was built around Rooney. I cannot remember a player of any international status playing as badly in a World Cup as Rooney had done.
The England team will have some people greeting them when they return home and will then play a meaningless friendly against Belgium or someone, win 5 -0 and everyone will say "England are back". The truth is that these players are earning a fortune at their clubs and they have been given a status in the society they do not deserve!
England were pitiful at this World cup because they were less of a "team" than I have ever seen. USA, New Zealand or Australia have a very limited numbers of players to choose from but they showed how to work as a team.
I cannot actually remember England in a World Cup playing as badly as they did this time!
Ronald Biswas,
DOHS Baridhara, Dhaka;
Email: ron_biswas@hotmail.com