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Originally Posted by Schwan
Shearer doesn't even hold a license yet, and I don't think he's up to it. The press keeps throwing new names into the hat, like O'Neill or even Capello (huh?), but I think Mourinho will be the one.
But that's beside the point, really. I think it comes down to what many people are saying, and that is that the players are overpriced and earn too much. It's the "celeb" culture and all that. Last time I was in London, the gossip basically came down to who bought a house and where.
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You're not wrong. Footballers seem to earn a stupendous amount of money for their clubs, and do not care for their country.
If my country invited me to represent it at ANYTHING (other thn maybe War or Soddomy) I'd agree, even if I was no good...
The honour of puting on your nation's colours seems lost on the spoiled wankers that we've bred in our current crop of sportsmen, in the main. I'm sure there are exceptions, but not enough of them to make a comitted hardworking and dedicated squad.
I don't think that a foreign coach can create that national pride - who is going to fight for
This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall,
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands,
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England
for a bloke called
Jose...