Benitez has been screaming his heart out for quite some time and I think its time the FA gave it a serious thought. Yes, I'm talking about ridiculous international friendlies right in the middle of the season for no reason other than upsetting the managers (Money apart of course). And the effect was there for all to see this past weekend.
When was the last time the top four of La Liga fail to win and the top five of the BPL fail to even score a goal let alone win. All in the same weekend mind you. And all after a bizarre round up of international fixtures last midweek.
This is inevitable.
Most of the footballers have to travel halfway across the world to play in an absolutely baffling friendly and make their way back in a span of 3 days. Now I dont blame them. I would give anything to represent my country. But the after effects are inevitable. They are undoubtedly tired and jaded and most of them hardly turn up for their respective clubs (not literally) the following weekend.
The managers are obviously not pleased about this and they have to make changes and give their players a rest. But this means the team put out may not be the best team and the quality of the game is going to be below par.
Forget the footballers, the managers and even the clubs for a minute. I am talking as a football fan. We deserve some good football during a weekend. Hell, some of us manage to pass the week by the thought of the upcoming football weekend. But would you rather spend your hard-earned money on KFC Chicken(:P) or watch your team give a sluggish performance. If any of you had seen the Middlesbrough-Bolton game this weekend, you will know where I'm coming from. Half the stadium was empty. I was wondering why the other half turned up.
FA....WAKE UP...
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glad to comment on ur 1st post...as u keep blogging , people might ask u to change ur style in their way...dont do it..u have a neat unique style of writing...keep up de good work...keep posting...
Cheers,
Mach
Hey Tarun , nice post . Would be glad, if you had posted this on our blog , earlykickoff. I dont think i addded us an author and i'll do that now . Also pretty interesting to name ur blog kop end when ur an arsenal fan .
ps : i'll give you the author status , can you also paste this in ours ? I'll answer your question there
and talking abt ur post , absolutely spot on . This was the last round of friendlies for this year and what purpose do they serve?
And if you check the fixture list usually november , december are the months which are the most hectic.
The most affected are the top four teams because those teams will have to deal with champions league matches then as well. And what are the odds that a national team is not majorly represented by the top teams in its own league. I think it is time FIFA gets a grip and lets hope common sense prevails.
Welcome to the blogging community.
@vicky : Thanks...hope to keep writing...
@RedViv : Yep i agree with you. Other than Maradona getting a warm welcome in Scotland and Ronaldo getting whooped against Brazil, absolutely nothing positive came off it...
@Raghu : At last...
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