Smirking_Saint Posted 1 May, 2013 Posted 1 May, 2013 Its been said time and time again in the media, twitter club soundbites and we even went on holiday there. Southampton Emulate the Barcelona plan, youth integration, vision, preperation and sports science. Question is, should we be looking at our German friends ? The way Bayern and Dortmund have come into this seasons CL is incredible. Young players, power, strength, tactics, teamwork. Funny how times change, that said, its not like it hasnt been coming. A german revolution has been bubbling up since the WC two years ago. Personally I hope Reed has spread his horizons not just at Barcas door but everywhere else on the continent. France, belgium, italy, holland. Isnt it dissapointing that the majority of English youth products are so inferior to those over the water ?
Glasgow_Saint Posted 1 May, 2013 Posted 1 May, 2013 Hope we are following bayern..... Not crappy Barcelona
UpweySaint Posted 1 May, 2013 Posted 1 May, 2013 I'd be gutted if we ended up like Barca ... not like they've stonked clear in la liga or made it into a champions league semi final without a manager ... No but sarcasm aside I hope you'r right and we've looked far and wide. It'd be good to take the best bits of what is around and add our own spin on it, we could call it the "southampton way"
Olallana Posted 1 May, 2013 Posted 1 May, 2013 I think our way is closer to the germans than to spanish. If you take the best parts of the english style and the spanish style it´s very close to the german style I think.
Sour Mash Posted 1 May, 2013 Posted 1 May, 2013 Its been said time and time again in the media, twitter club soundbites and we even went on holiday there. Southampton Emulate the Barcelona plan, youth integration, vision, preperation and sports science. Question is, should we be looking at our German friends ? The way Bayern and Dortmund have come into this seasons CL is incredible. Young players, power, strength, tactics, teamwork. Funny how times change, that said, its not like it hasnt been coming. A german revolution has been bubbling up since the WC two years ago. Personally I hope Reed has spread his horizons not just at Barcas door but everywhere else on the continent. France, belgium, italy, holland. Isnt it dissapointing that the majority of English youth products are so inferior to those over the water ? The majority of English youth products aren't inferior to those over the water though. We're still consistently in the top 10 of nations and have been for many years.
Saint Garrett Posted 1 May, 2013 Posted 1 May, 2013 The majority of English youth products aren't inferior to those over the water though. We're still consistently in the top 10 of nations and have been for many years. Arguable! Spain, Germany, Brazil, Argentina, France, Belgium, Portugal, Holland, Italy, Croatia....there's 10. England are **** and have been for years.
Smirking_Saint Posted 1 May, 2013 Author Posted 1 May, 2013 The majority of English youth products aren't inferior to those over the water though. We're still consistently in the top 10 of nations and have been for many years. Well, IMO the continental teams right now are bringing through superior talent to that on offer on our shores. Both in quantity and quality. We got away (wasted) a pretty golden generation IMO. And until the game changes its attitude from the bottom up I dont think we will ever truelly challenge for a WC or Euro cup. And that goes to tournement preperation which IMO means a cull of any player who will be too old for the upcoming WC even when preparing for the euros.
DuncanRG Posted 1 May, 2013 Posted 1 May, 2013 Its been said time and time again in the media, twitter club soundbites and we even went on holiday there. Southampton Emulate the Barcelona plan, youth integration, vision, preperation and sports science. Question is, should we be looking at our German friends ? The way Bayern and Dortmund have come into this seasons CL is incredible. Young players, power, strength, tactics, teamwork. Funny how times change, that said, its not like it hasnt been coming. A german revolution has been bubbling up since the WC two years ago. Personally I hope Reed has spread his horizons not just at Barcas door but everywhere else on the continent. France, belgium, italy, holland. Isnt it dissapointing that the majority of English youth products are so inferior to those over the water ? The two aren't that dissimilar - the change being talked about for England is focussing on technical skill and movement rather than physical power and that's what Spain and Germany both do already. That said the Germans seem to have more power and pace. The wheels were put in motion for the 'German revolution', as you put it, after Euro 2000 when they were knocked out in the groups - it's just taken this long for the generation of better-trained players to come through and the 2010 WC seemed to mark that arrival.
Smirking_Saint Posted 1 May, 2013 Author Posted 1 May, 2013 Exactly, which is what I am saying, you dont get anywhere really by changing a few things here and there etc you get there by completely revolutionising what you do both in the way it is done AND thought. Its obviously something that Reed and Cortese are looking into at our level and I just hope it is something the FA and other clubs do for the good of English football. It wont be a quick thing though.
DuncanRG Posted 1 May, 2013 Posted 1 May, 2013 High hopes for the 2024 World Cup with Luke Shaw at the peak of his career!
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