So there I was, thoroughly enjoying Chelsea paste a sorry Manchester United, when suddenly Wayne Rooney is tackled and as he flopped to the floor in agony, I knew that our chances of lifting that “cup” (not really a cup now is it? I mean a cup can hold liquid) had been dealt a serious blow.
But hang on a sec, win the world cup? Sure, we have some excellent, nay, great players, but good enough to win the World Cup? We are hanging our hopes on one person here, which doesn’t say much about the team, does it? No we may have the players that could win the World Cup, but I have yet to see them play as a team to the levels that we can expect to see from Brazil, Italy and France.
We aren’t the only nation to lose our great players before a major competition, but we will be the only ones blaming misfortune for it. You make your own luck and although losing Rooney is a blow, it surely can’t be the reason for failure.
Oh and I hear that following Scolari’s change of heart, that Steve McClaren is now top of the list to succeed Sven “Shagger” Ericksson. Well if McClaren is top of the list then I can’t be far behind him, because I’ve also won bugger all as a manager. Still, at least he is actually English.
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