Don't Blame Corluka - He Was Right !
Comments made to the press by City's Croatian defender, Vedran Corluka after his team humiliated England at Wembley this week have raised a few eyebrows and there's been speculation about the reception he'll get at Saturday's game against Reading.
However, when you think about it, you realise that he was absolutely right. Corluka is reported to have said: "England got just what they deserved because they were unbelievably arrogant !". They were unbelievably shite as well, but I guess he couldn't say that, be we all know they were.
Vedran, you are spot on mate. England have overall, been an embarrassing shambles during the Euro2008 qualification phase and the team got what they deserved .... absolutely nothing!
The fans, however didn't deserve such a gutless, defeatist performance and have every right to be incensed by the players, the (ex) manager and those useless buffoons in FA Hq who haven't even got the decency to step aside and give people who really understand the game and care about it, the chance to put their sorry house in order. No guesses who will emerge blameless from their "investigation" !
In the end, Croatia have probably done us a big favour by signaling the death knell of the current FA regime; this is probably one failure too far, even for them! However, when you then hear that the FA are heading up the investigation into themselves, you just have to wonder whether they've learnt anything at all from a catalogue of failures with previous appointments and a history of failure in major tournaments.
Craig Johnston on Sky Sports News this morning, an Aussie for Christ's sake, showed more passion and emotion about the state of the English game than the mandarins in the FA. Why doesn't the FA use the experience and passion of people like this? The answer is that the truth hurts and they just seem quite content to paper over the cracks and deflect any criticism and responsibility away from themselves and onto others.
Good on Corluka for telling it how it is - he deserves praise rather than stick !
9 comments:
couldn't agree more with you mate
A lot was probably lost in translation too, or at least manipulated to suit the needs of the lazy Journalists.
Still, all completely true. Good on the lad!
Talk abouthitting nail on the head, its just a pitty this article isn't being published on page one. Yes Curluka was spot on as was (And God knows I hate too say it...) Roy (the RAG) Keen when he slated the England players as arrogant. But the piece of the Article that really beggs attention is the bit about the good ol boys down the FA. If a club had been producing the kind of rubbish that England have been doing then the fans would be shouting for the chairmans head...isn't it time we, as footballFansgave our national team leaders the same grilling? FA OUT.....FA OUT....FA OUT!!!!
Vedran speaks pretty good English, he knew what he was saying and what's more he speaks the truth! No doubt he could have expanded on his statement but was tactful enough to choose his words carefully.
I will cheer Vedran and Micah tomorrow and I hope all City fans will.
The F.A. tree doesn't just need pruning, it needs uprooting and a new one planted to replace it with a few well chosen people. Hopefully, ones who are involved at all levels from 5 yr olds to Full Internationals.
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Cheers Bluesman....although I seem to remember the same Mr "Arrogant - Moi ??" Keane holding out for around £60k per week which prompted Taggart to announce they'd have to put up the season ticket prices to pay for it. Leaving that aside and apart from the fact he deserted the Republic of Ireland team in the World Cup because he thought he was bigger than the manager and the rest of the squad put together, Keano was right in what he said ;-)
Corluka only stated what all the fans have been saying for months ....rather than get any stick I am sure he will be cheered for what he said
Nice One Charlie, hopefully your comments will show these ignorant, semi literate millionaires up for what they are, a bunch of self absorbed, preening, prima, donnas with way to much wedge and little concern for the fans who provide it. Oh yeah, while I'm on, sign your bleeding contract Micah. Charlie Corluka for Skipper when the big feller hangs 'em up.
It wouldn't bother me if Micah didn't sign his contract, if he is not prepared to commit his future to the club I say cash in take the 20+ million and give it to Sven to come up with more of the calibre of Corluka.
Which brings me to the interview with Harry Redknapp who went down in my estimation when he said England had plenty of players with the Technical skill to match the Foreigners, and sited Reo Ferdinand as a prime example... Oh dear Harry !! fancy siting the biggets poser in the business as one of our best players...Corluka would run rings round him. Is it no wonder we cannot come up with a decent England manager if that is what they think.
Micah isn't signing his contract because he wants to change his agent, and doesn't want his old agent to get a cut. No problem between him and club at all.
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