England's Pampered Soccer Players Fail Again

England fail to qualify for the Euro 2008 football tournament, with a tepid display against a technically superior Croatian team.
The premiership players were defended by a number of ex players who cited the head coach, the tactics, the pitch and injuries to key players as excuses. Others cite the number of foreign players who ply their trade in the premiership depriving English youngsters of the chance to gain experience in the world’s premier league.

The so called golden generation who are paid upwards of £100,000 a week to play in The Barclays Premiership appear to have decided that club and monitory rewards come before national pride. England have always lacked some of the more technical aspects of the game, preferring a more robust and direct style, but what England lacked in skill, they more than made up for in passion and work ethic. Sadly, the passion and work ethic has departed along with the support of many of the long suffering England fans.

The head coach Steve McClaren and his assistant Terry Venables were immediately sacked, but depart with a substantial pay off. It seems that failure can make you rich.

The position of England head coach has always been something of a poisoned chalice. However, many fans believe its time for the players to step forward and admit their shocking lack of effort and basic skills led to the humiliating defeat.