ANC2 Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 After watching the Scottish team play one cannot help but reflect on what their influence has or had on Canada soccer. Almost everyone involved (Provincial coaching staff & technical directors) is either Scottish or English. Scotland does not have one player worth watching. Just as the Nigerian crowd cheers for skill & flaire, the Scottish crowd cheers for tackles nd encourages "get stuck in". No doubt our young players are influenced by this attitude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarnCherry Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Well the only for answer then in order to improve Canadian Soccer is to round up all Scottish and English Canadians and exterminate them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Maybe we should send all the Italian Canadians packing too since Italy did not even qualify for this tournament! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Scottish fans would cheer for skills and flair if their team had any. Sadly, the days of Jinky Johnstone and Davie Cooper are long gone. Krammerhead, that line made me laugh really hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jeffery S. Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 C'mon, Scotland did great to qualify. They are a tiny country. If their keeping was half decent they'd be doing better too. I had a Scottish coach all my kid soccer years. He was kind, respectful, serious, but was useless at skills. But we had fun, and he was incredibly dedicated. One guy I played with went on to play pro indoor. I was one of the worst players until I hit 13 and discovered I was fast, so maybe the others learnt more. All I would ask for is a bit more an international take from any coach, to not be dogmatic about a style, and to work on basics. Don't care what the nationality is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canso Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 "round up all Scottish and English Canadians and exterminate them." Fine, I'm gone then. We can found the "Get stuck in, Stay on your feet and act like a man" World Cup where diving is punishable by immediate expulsion and two days in the public stockade and any player feigning injury is detained after the match and injured in the manner he was feigning by a lucky member of the audience, to be selected by random draw. So for example the Portugese who acted liked he got stamped on the balls last World Cup actually gets stamped on the balls...and you get to do the stamping! "Get Stuck In" World Cup Scotland England Canada Ireland (unified) Australia New Zealand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bingham Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 "Skill and Flair" V's "Get stuck in" I'd prefer a combination of both styles without the fake diving contests. By the way the refs and rulemakers have to clamp down even harder on the cheats. Automatic red card if its a dive in the area or around the 18 yard box. Is it just me but aren't the "Beckhamesque" goals from free kicks becoming just a tad boring and predictable. I do think there is some truth in what the original poster says though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 quote:Originally posted by bingham "Skill and Flair" V's "Get stuck in" I'd prefer a combination of both styles without the fake diving contests. By the way the refs and rulemakers have to clamp down even harder on the cheats. Automatic red card if its a dive in the area or around the 18 yard box. Is it just me but aren't the "Beckhamesque" goals from free kicks becoming just a tad boring and predictable. I do think there is some truth in what the original poster says though. Exactly. Just because I don't condone diving, it doesn't mean I want to see us kick the crap out of the opposition (which seems to be everyone's counter-arguement). It's not one or the other. There are those of us who want to see skillful soccer without the diving and play-acting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarnCherry Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 quote:Originally posted by canso "round up all Scottish and English Canadians and exterminate them." Fine, I'm gone then. We can found the "Get stuck in, Stay on your feet and act like a man" World Cup where diving is punishable by immediate expulsion and two days in the public stockade and any player feigning injury is detained after the match and injured in the manner he was feigning by a lucky member of the audience, to be selected by random draw. So for example the Portugese who acted liked he got stamped on the balls last World Cup actually gets stamped on the balls...and you get to do the stamping! "Get Stuck In" World Cup Scotland England Canada Ireland (unified) Australia New Zealand I hope you understand that my comment was intended as sarcasm as I was born in England myself. It really seems that it's open season on the British here sometimes. Obviously all anglos are to blame for the shape that Canadian soccer is in <-more sarcasm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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