Pack your bags and pack my peace of mind
September 18th 2009 09:28
One of the most difficult things for a successful football manager is dealing with the subsequent expectation their great deeds create.
Up in the echelons of the Premier League David Moyes and his squad are coming under fire from some fans who have grown accustomed to challenging the Big Four.
Today at The Park two teams meet who are at wrong end of the table and both sets of fans have a few gripes with how their club is being run.
For the majority of City fans just to be turning out against Tranmere and the other sides we have already taken points off this season represents utopia compared to where we were just a few short years ago.
Personally I feel Paul Tisdale and his backroom team have a far more ambitious approach to the level City can compete at than I have been left with after witnessing years of struggle. I have also learnt to accept whatever team runs out at five to three on a Saturday.
I’ve stood with far too many folks down the years and moaned at the manager’s selections only to see the words rammed down my throat as City came up with the goods time and time again.
The latest round of World Cup qualifiers here in South America highlighted the expectations of the nations left in the shake up.
Paraguay are now scoping out hotels in South Africa and while few are tipping them to win the thing their fans will be hoping to reach the knockout stages at the very least. The same sentiments are held by the good people of Chile who find themselves on the brink of qualification.
Brazil have also booked their place at a cantor and once again will take their place among the favourites to be crowned in Johannesburg next year.
With three of the four automatic places as good as taken it leaves Ecuador, Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela and Colombia to scrap for the last spot plus the playoff chance that comes with finishing fifth.
Three points cover the five teams and with two matches remaining the prize is still on the table for countries like Ecuador and Venezuela. Both nations treat taking a step towards qualifying for the World Cup as cause for national celebration.
Elsewhere two time World Cup winners Uruguay have fans who feel their country has an automatic right to be at the finals. After the shooting of Andrés Escobar in the wake of Colombia’s exit from USA 94 we know what a good performance means to that nation.
The expectations of the public in Argentina is not to qualify for the World Cup but to win the thing. It is this level of belief that has already pocketed the biggest prize in football on two occasions.
No doubt this belief was bolstered by hosting the tournament under militarily rule in 1978 and a piece of blatant cheating in 1986 but this is a country which backs itself to win.
A country flat on its back as far as economic resources go can currently boast the U.S. Open tennis champion in Juan Martin Del Potro. Argentine Ángel Cabrera also added The Masters to his haul of golf majors earlier this year.
It will be tight but I hope to see Argentina turning up in South Africa, after all it doesn’t feel like a proper World Cup without the chance to play them.
Up the city!
Tim
http://timsturtridge.com/
Up in the echelons of the Premier League David Moyes and his squad are coming under fire from some fans who have grown accustomed to challenging the Big Four.
Today at The Park two teams meet who are at wrong end of the table and both sets of fans have a few gripes with how their club is being run.
For the majority of City fans just to be turning out against Tranmere and the other sides we have already taken points off this season represents utopia compared to where we were just a few short years ago.
Personally I feel Paul Tisdale and his backroom team have a far more ambitious approach to the level City can compete at than I have been left with after witnessing years of struggle. I have also learnt to accept whatever team runs out at five to three on a Saturday.
I’ve stood with far too many folks down the years and moaned at the manager’s selections only to see the words rammed down my throat as City came up with the goods time and time again.
The latest round of World Cup qualifiers here in South America highlighted the expectations of the nations left in the shake up.
Paraguay are now scoping out hotels in South Africa and while few are tipping them to win the thing their fans will be hoping to reach the knockout stages at the very least. The same sentiments are held by the good people of Chile who find themselves on the brink of qualification.
Brazil have also booked their place at a cantor and once again will take their place among the favourites to be crowned in Johannesburg next year.
With three of the four automatic places as good as taken it leaves Ecuador, Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela and Colombia to scrap for the last spot plus the playoff chance that comes with finishing fifth.
Three points cover the five teams and with two matches remaining the prize is still on the table for countries like Ecuador and Venezuela. Both nations treat taking a step towards qualifying for the World Cup as cause for national celebration.
Elsewhere two time World Cup winners Uruguay have fans who feel their country has an automatic right to be at the finals. After the shooting of Andrés Escobar in the wake of Colombia’s exit from USA 94 we know what a good performance means to that nation.
The expectations of the public in Argentina is not to qualify for the World Cup but to win the thing. It is this level of belief that has already pocketed the biggest prize in football on two occasions.
No doubt this belief was bolstered by hosting the tournament under militarily rule in 1978 and a piece of blatant cheating in 1986 but this is a country which backs itself to win.
A country flat on its back as far as economic resources go can currently boast the U.S. Open tennis champion in Juan Martin Del Potro. Argentine Ángel Cabrera also added The Masters to his haul of golf majors earlier this year.
It will be tight but I hope to see Argentina turning up in South Africa, after all it doesn’t feel like a proper World Cup without the chance to play them.
Up the city!
Tim
http://timsturtridge.com/
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