I haven't seen the Terry press conference, what did he say? Who has been whinging about tactics in the camp?
Well supposedly after the first game they weren't allowed to have a single beer, or just relax so they apparently ended up, after playing like poo, going to a hotel and sitting in a room and not talking about it. Which in most situations would make people stew on the problems and not get them out in the open.
They were allowed a little downtime after the second game and it would seem they talked and a lot of them realised there were a lot of little things they thought holding them back.
Frankly I despise Terry, but he sounded like a captain, maybe he shouldn't have talked about it, maybe it was the only way to try to force Capello to take a meeting in the first place, maybe it was a way to back off the press by letting them know they think there are things to be done to ease the problems and get the team working better which isn't a bad thing.
Thing is, even if Capello didn't follow a single one of their suggestions, just being heard makes people feel better, if the whole team feels completely ignored theres going to be disharmony, just being heard, even if not advice followed, could make a huge difference.
Capello's an idiot for not listening, and players getting their agents to try and pretend nothings wrong and they are happy as can be, screams more of players scared to death of being dropped and losing the potential advertising opportunities than actually wanting to fix things.
A squad scared to death to tell the manager what they think, well, creates the current England and French situation, which is not good.
This isn't school, he's a manager but not a teacher, players are adults, no communication both ways will create problems.
The whole situation is a joke, the squad chosen is a joke, almost everything about the England setup is a joke at the moment.
I have to say the telling players who is playing 2 hours before the game is entirely ridiculous, can you imagine going out infront of 50-100k people and knowing a billion or two, are watching, theres pressure there. Having it dumped on you two hours before a game and having no time to get mentally ready, calm down and even physically get ready is ridiculous.
If I was only told 2 hours before giving a huge speech or something, I'd spend those two hours nervous, full of adrenaline from the moment I found out, tired, maybe not eat properly, maybe not prepare properly and be no where near the top of my game. By the time I got out there, my adrenaline will be used up, my body will be tired from being in a nervous state for two hours, in terms of football theres no way in hell you'd be at top energy levels and be as good as possible at that point.
Tell me a day before and I won't be crapping myself for 2 hours before the speech/game, I'd be preparing, I'd sleep better, I'd get ready, I'd be thinking clearer etc, etc, etc. At least Capello has changed that, but isn't it a shame the players haven't talked and told Capello about this 2 years ago, let alone a couple weeks ago.
Very constructive.
