Did anybody watch that programme on Wednesday night, narrated by Graham Taylor, on ITV? I thought that it was a very good programme, and it brought some issues into the open.
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England Expects
Never play leapfrog with a unicorn!! -
Missed it. Always liked Taylor -and not just for the delictable feast of entertainment he served up during his time with England. Oh does he not like that!
What was it about ...from the title I'm guessing tab-fuelled hysteria.
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?" -
The expectancy of England winning trophies at every tournament, the pressure on the players and the management, particularly from the media, the decline in home-grown talent and why the media builds up and knocks down players.
Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie
Never play leapfrog with a unicorn!! -
I liked the way every past manager blamed the media intrusion and the fans expectations as reasons why they failed, never mind their own shortcomings. Bringing Theo Walcott to a major tournament before he had played in the Arsenal first team, mind bogling.
