It is now time to switch to a new Money AM football blog as the world cup is now over and we all look to the future.....World cup 2010 is over, Bravo Espana, and Forlan, once again and bring on the new season !.....I never expected the last thread to be such a success...thanks all.... so this new one might go on for years without the need to edit the title...we shall see...

The problem I have with British soccer in general is that : when a player gets the ball, that person does not or most of the time does not react very sharply upon reception and turn away not giving any indication of the direction that player is taking....it's all too slow as it is.....afterwards when the player has the ball....afterwards, if he has a few metres space he can slow down.....just look at Gazza, Keegan, Francis, Dalglish, Rush, Best, Law, .....they are very alert to the proximity of opposing players.....this is something trainers should teach the young....this alertness should go on regardless of whether they can see the incoming opposition approaching or not.....the Spanish are way ahead of us in this regard....

STAN STAN STAN..........

Done deal. RT @BurnleyOfficial: CONFIRMED: Burnley is delighted to announce the signing of George Boyd

Balotelli, albeit with some inaccuracy to his shooting and passing skills, seems to have settled into the team quite well.

Rodgers discussed man marking for 'opposition's corners' with the new member of the squad.....

Balotelli: "I don't do man marking at corners."
Rodgers: "You do now."

A bargain? Undoubtedly!

Now settle down and watch Liverpool win the Premier League this season.

Think you'll be walking alone on that one Exec :0)

Man Us Anderson to Burnley is the latest gossip.

60 grand a week wages.

Please please...........Burnley take him.

Louis van Gaal is having a medical at Man U after spending £350k a week on Falcao's wages.

I heard Falcao's wages were going to be £280k per week (Mail) and therefore Van God didn't need a medical.

Metro: £350k per week
Express: £300k per week

Whatever. Sheesh!

When we take the dog for a walk on Wednesdays and Fridays we see about three lots of 15-20 kids, aged between 4 and 14, all doing football training.

We often stop for a while to watch them; the 4 - 6yr olds, that is. Their skills are truly amazing! Most of these little tots can receive a ball and, whilst keeping possession, easily 'do a 360' and turn on the spot with it before passing it on!!!!!

Daft thing about this Falcao weekly wage is that, ROONEY as a clause in his contract (last time he bribed us)that says he has to be the highest earner at the club on a weekly basis.

So were just not paying over the top for Falcao but paying WAY WAY WAY too much money for fatty Rooney.

Georgie must be turning in his grave, whilst drinking a whiskey chaser.

Oi Stan , Keane was coming to us at one point on loan for the season but we wouldn't guarantee him a regular starting place. After seeing him against MK Dons your welcome to him he's crap IMO.

Man U need 2 centre halves and they spend stupid money on positions already we'll covered.

Gaal gone by end of season and Man U to finish lower than Burnley :)

England were sh*te tonight , all those overpaid players to choose from and it takes a penalty to beat Norway at home !

And to make it worse our Mats Daehli got stretchered off in a bloody pointless and uneeded friendly.

Was probably the best player on the pitch up until he was injured.

Good business by Manchester United, including two world class players. Also good to see the papers and twitter resorting to page upon page of BS - back in control re briefings. Wages, make up a figure and print it - a speciality of the journos at the Daily Star, Mail, Mirror, Metro, and ITKs. The MK Dons game was media masturbation at its finest - the jumble of a few first teamers, those about to leave, plus fit and recovering U-21s was the post transfer window first team.

Can see a problem re CBs in a 3 - they seem incapable of bringing the ball out - but not in a 4 - Rafael, Jones/Smalling/Evans, Rojo, Shaw.

LvG seems to be waiting for Strootman; can he come back, then can a deal be done?

Sounds like I didn't miss anything watching Germany v Argentina instead of England.

Cheers,
KidA

Dil is spot on England were shite last night, havent a clue headless chickens as usual.

But come on lets be fair now, did we really expect anything more??, I certainly didnt.

And Rooney, useless, made his peanalty to be out a match winning performance.
Hes over the top, hes gone.

AND Hodgson defending that rubbish SACK him.

The press were right just 2 shots on target.

The only comfourt I got from the night was Di Marios performance against the Germans, trully brilliant and World Class, some doubted his fee, but after that no chance, he played like a genious.

In the mid-70's (when he was a mere school boy, I hasten to add), my husband used to go and watch his local team, Carshalton Athletic, play. Their player manager at the time was a certain Mr Roy Hodgson.

My husband seems to think he was crap then too.

Boring, but nice football managers tend to produce boring, useless football teams. :-)

His defending of the England performance at the after match press conference was pathetic.

His days are numbered.

Poisoned Chalice Dil, who else would want that job.

Give it to Malky :)

Hodgson is being supported with his England management by Gary Neville. I do like to watch and listen to what Gary has to say and think he talks a lot of sense.

IMHO, one of the main problems with players in both the Englan Team and also that of Manchester United, is to do with poor passing. This stuff is utterly basic!

Both teams are full of prima donnas who want to keep their possession in the team by 'showing off their skills and thereby makijng a name for themselves'.

Wrong!

Get the basic skills right.
Keep your positions.
Maintain structured and organised Defence and Attack.
Use and develop 'football know how' - and then
Look carefully for opportunities - but don't carelessly waste them.
Remember you are part of a team - and that you can't lose or win the match on your own. If the team do well - then you do well.
Practice, practice and practice again and again and again.
Practice each and all of any football aspect you can think of. Dead balls, dribbling, passing, penalties, free kicks, swerving the ball, tricks, heading, accuracy, etc, etc.

Hey! It's not easy but at least show us, the spectators, that you are actually good enough to be paid the massive amounts of money you earn each week.

Hell! Let's just take penalties and passing: Most of the players in both teams above are utterly crap!

eg, At least Rooney can take a penalty and a free kick. Can he pass? No he has the eye and the intent but he loses possession of the ball frequently several times during the average game.

Id give it to Evertons manager Martinez.

Hes done wonders with rubbish in the past, whos to say he wouldnt with England.