On a day which saw the England cricket team once again snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and the Rugby Union World cup finalists humiliated by Scotland. I wonder is it the players lack of skill, their mind set, the management or just the way the national sides have to fit in as a team around the demands of tv.

I does seem strange to me that England can't put a half decent team together in any major sport yet Wales, New Zealand and others can on much smaller budgets and with fewer players to pick from.

Why is this?

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Motivation, it seems to me.

That could also partly explain why Portsmouth and Barnsley beat better teams yesterday.

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England football team is not very good and the last good team was in 1990 Italia 90 World Cup when we reached the semi-finals and lost against Germany

the problem now is that the players still get their massive pay packets regardless of how well England perform and therefore no motivation whatsoever-they should be honoured to put on the jersey but are not and do not deserve our praise when they inevitably lose

dave

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