When Steve McLaren was no longer in charge of the England team, everyone rejoiced! Especially me—I was over the moon that he was no longer in charge. Then the nation found out that the newly appointed manager of the country's team was going to be Fabio Capello. Many called him the Godfather of football, and all hoped that he would turn the team around so that England could actually win something.
I once read that Capello insists on his players having tea together because "tea" is a part of team! Well, at the beginning it seems comical and unbelievable, but maybe that makes the team a little stronger.
I think that it’s mainly me, but sometimes you get the feeling that there are still little petty prejudices within the team. These prejudices are brought on from the Premier League and the differences that plague the division.
We all heard that Capello was strict, but could it possibly be that he is too strict?
Take the recent situation with Steven Gerrard. He was charged with assault, however, the situation remains unclear. Still, the newspapers had a field day with it. They made it seem as if Gerrard had been the first footballer to do something bad and wrong, but he isn’t. They made him feel low and like scum for one night’s mistake.
Now, after a situation like that, all a footballer wants to do is get back to the game and get back to normal. He wants to get back to a routine and forget about everything that occurred.
But that is not the case for Capello. There has been speculation that he is thinking about dropping Gerrard for the next friendly, which is against Spain.
No doubt Spain will prove to be a tough opponent, and to honest I believe Spain will be victorious. I also confess that the only reason I watch England play is to see the likes of Gerrard and David Beckham.
Dropping Gerrard for the next game would be a mistake. Not only will that crush all confidence in Gerrard, but I also believe the midfield will not operate as efficiently as it would if he were there.
Capello dropping Gerrard could be seen to be TOO STRICT, as all a footballer wants to do is concentrate on his game. By dropping him it seems as if Capello wants it to be a constant reminder to the Liverpool skipper.
I believe dropping Gerrard would be a costly mistake. Even Capello should be able to see that Gerrard like all of us is only human and is bound to make mistakes. He is not the first footballer to do so, and I am sure he is not going to be the last.
Therefore, Steven Gerrard should play the next England match and Capello should not let one mistake ruin the Liverpool skipper’s chance to make up for his mistakes.
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terry dickman 6 months ago
what mistake? Stevie G has yet to have been judged to have been the 'erronious' one! as for Capello, he seems to have some sort of self destruct button to continue to bate his best chance of ending Englands world cup drought. make no mistake, despite the hype, it wont be Rooney that brings the world cup home (after all we`re not talking about ecuadorian unknowns in SA) he needed to be tried with every English centre forward before discovering that the much maligned Heskey got his game going! no it would be Gerrard who writes the script. Capello is playing a dangerous game continually publically disrespecting Gerrard and could pay the heaviest of prices (we hope) when SG follows his good mate Carra in telling England and Capello where to go
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Jordon Tefft 5 months ago
Wowza! Did not know Capello was dropping SG against Spain.
Doing that dropped Englands chances to win. Not that I think England will win anyway. No offense to the English or the team, just Spain is just doing to good to be slowed down at the moment.
Got to remember we're not talking about some up and coming player who needs the confidence. This is Steven Gerrard! As long as it is not a long term drop, SG will just keeping up his game as always.
Good article!
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Carolina Tiger 5 months ago
I don't know if you are aware but it has been the policy of the FA to not pick players whilst they are in such situations. Tony Adams when he was involved in a court case that ultimately ended with him going to prison was not allowed to play even though he was innocent until proven guilty. Joey Barton lost his place in an England squad for some of his misadventures with teh law.
This is not a new phenomenon but the news always comes from the top be it Capello, Ericsson or Taylor it is the manager that runs the team so they administer the ban for the players.
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laza g 5 months ago
seriously why would you drop him, whats your point his in form and he has confidence just because he is being accused of a false allegation, seriously capello needs to learn to dive from his ancestors and if gerrard is cut he will be fired especially if england lose and gerrard isnt playing. id like to see torres vs gerrard for the first time since there in the same club, that would be funny.
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Shruti Parmar 5 months ago
Thank You for the comments guys!
really appreciate it!!
and Glad you like the article!
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oscar martinez 5 months ago
Capello could go f.........him self.........
his nothing ,but a money hungry coach
FIRE capello
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