Madness, Mediocracy and muppets

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. I have realised this week that it is 6 weeks to my exams and now the panic alarms are starting to ring, not that they should be as I am preparing for my revision courses starting this weekend. After the realisation had passed I decided to do an exam questions on Wednesday instead of watching the England game. I couldn’t understand this but once I saw the result of the game I was happy.

After my question I went and played football with some people from work. After not receiving a call from Mclaren to become the 5th midfielder I made myself available for the kick about. Now I am not the most energetic of footballers and if I am honest I am carrying a few extra close season pounds for the last ten years, and I have been likened to the talent of Jan Molby (fat levels of those before he went into prison). Now football was fun, scored four goals, lost a ball over the fence and then got bits of black runner everywhere in the house.

Then I saw the England game, and oh my god what a pile of rubbish that was. Living in Wales I have to listen about how arrogant English people are, but the way the papers and the people have responded to that performance I have to sort of agree with it. We won a world cup over forty years ago and now we believe we have a right to beat anyone. If maybe we would have respected our opponents and their unbeaten home record we might not have been so humbled. I have seen more creativity in a primary school and they showed the passion of a wet fart.

I remember Graham Taylor saying that it is ok to experiment in Internationals. It seemed to work so well for him now Mclaren wants to do it. You experiment in a science lab or in training at club level not in an International that means something. Get a grip Mclaren, the players looked lost out on the pitch and were running around like a bunch of Muppets. It reminds me of the O’Leary era at Villa Park.

Finally that leads me to ask the question, was it an off night for England or should we become realistic and not expect teams to roll over and let us tickle their stomachs? I think the latter is something that many supporters are going to have to adjust too.