tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476043688166279353.post8884418651732447417..comments2023-09-27T09:34:56.839+01:00Comments on Blackheath Addick: Oh Eddie, Your Country Needed YouBurgundy Addickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12203516889598003723noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476043688166279353.post-66802981141051509312014-06-21T11:11:10.173+01:002014-06-21T11:11:10.173+01:00Perhaps Anon, and I guess Eddie's appearance w...Perhaps Anon, and I guess Eddie's appearance would have been something of a cameo role, just to do a job. <br /><br />I'm certainly not advocating some sort of return to the thuggery of previous decades, the game has moved on (although I do still enjoy watching a video of that Chelsea v Charlton game to remind me of how things used to be), or praising career-threatening tackles. Eddie didn't do serious damage to Bergkamp, he just made him think: 'if I keep playing like this the guy behind me will hurt me more; he might get sent off but do I want this?' He didn't. And on a risk/return basis, I can't say I blame him. <br /><br />What I would like to see is just better footballing intelligence all round. England players/teams too often seem unable to respond to the way a game evolves, to work out ways to win. Uruguay will have known they were a bit fortunate to be ahead at the break, but then came out with a purpose to drive home the advantage at the start of the second and very nearly did. Their upping the intensity left England floundering. When Uruguay didn't get their second they settled back to see if England could break them down, knowing that with Suarez they always had a chance of nicking another, which happened when he made a run that 19 times out of 20 would have led to nothing. Burgundy Addickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12203516889598003723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476043688166279353.post-1190546321053573052014-06-21T09:03:19.088+01:002014-06-21T09:03:19.088+01:00Absolutely agree with you Blackheath. One of the m...Absolutely agree with you Blackheath. One of the major reasons the English rugger team was so good at the turn of the century and won in 2003 was because Johnno learnt his rugby in New Zealand and installed in the team a sense of playing on the edge. Just as Richie McCaw does for the modern All Blacks. Much as I love him I think we would have done better with a Hunter or Harris figure rather than Eddie in the England team!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476043688166279353.post-70565706866275527692014-06-20T11:47:07.435+01:002014-06-20T11:47:07.435+01:00Oops, research was never my strong point. Thanks f...Oops, research was never my strong point. Thanks for pointing it out, now corrected. Burgundy Addickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12203516889598003723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476043688166279353.post-4294872523750436372014-06-20T11:46:59.482+01:002014-06-20T11:46:59.482+01:00Oops, research was never my strong point. Thanks f...Oops, research was never my strong point. Thanks for pointing it out, now corrected. Burgundy Addickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12203516889598003723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476043688166279353.post-39429083464629554322014-06-20T11:15:03.396+01:002014-06-20T11:15:03.396+01:00If "Soares" is a joke? I don't get i...If "Soares" is a joke? I don't get it!<br />Perhaps you mean Suarez?<br /><br />DaggsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com