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Lets hope he can continue improving himself ..............Stop blaming the players! Rodgers says coaching is the reason for England's failure in major tournaments
By DOMINIC KING
PUBLISHED: 16:30 EST, 18 October 2013 | UPDATED: 16:30 EST, 18 October 2013
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Brendan Rodgers believes England have spent a decade underachieving after the talent was coached out of them and replaced by fear.
While England's qualification for next summer's World Cup has been greeted with a sense of perspective and realism about what they might accomplish in Brazil, Rodgers does not think the players Roy Hodgson will take with him will be technically or tactically lacking.
From the top: Rodgers says the philosophy has to be installed at a club for good players to prosper
The vast majority of the squad is likely to be made up of players who have experienced failure at major tournaments in the past but Rodgers feels they have been made unnecessary scapegoats over the past decade.
The Liverpool manager, who takes his side to Newcastle today, insists deficiencies in the coaching players have received in that period has been the defining reason why England have never delivered at a major tournament and says it is crucial for the Football Association to have a philosophy.
'We need to stop blaming the players,' said Rodgers. 'The players get the blame in this country. No. It is the coaching.
'The problem is that the guys who are "that type" of coach, you never hear of them really. You can have a philosophy on the pitch with grass up to there.
Nurture: There are top quality players coming through the ranks, but good coaching takes them to the next stage
Success: The England team secured their passage to next year's World Cup in Brazil with the 2-0 victory
'You can have all the facilities in the world - and (St George's Park) is a brilliant facility - but without a philosophy, it doesn't matter.
'You can have the best pitches in the world, you can have the medical centres and the sports science.
'But if you don't have a philosophy and a way in which to work and an identity, then it doesn't matter.
'You cannot say we can't play football. Look at the technicians we have produced. It's just (there has been) fear. It is easier to get rid of the ball than to pass it.
'There is a balance between coaching and over-coaching. If you over coach players, you lose the fluidity.'
Road to Brazil: Hodgson has led England to the World Cup finals after an unbeaten qualifying campa
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PUBLISHED: 16:30 EST, 18 October 2013 | UPDATED: 16:30 EST, 18 October 2013
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Brendan Rodgers believes England have spent a decade underachieving after the talent was coached out of them and replaced by fear.
While England's qualification for next summer's World Cup has been greeted with a sense of perspective and realism about what they might accomplish in Brazil, Rodgers does not think the players Roy Hodgson will take with him will be technically or tactically lacking.
From the top: Rodgers says the philosophy has to be installed at a club for good players to prosperThe vast majority of the squad is likely to be made up of players who have experienced failure at major tournaments in the past but Rodgers feels they have been made unnecessary scapegoats over the past decade.
The Liverpool manager, who takes his side to Newcastle today, insists deficiencies in the coaching players have received in that period has been the defining reason why England have never delivered at a major tournament and says it is crucial for the Football Association to have a philosophy.
'We need to stop blaming the players,' said Rodgers. 'The players get the blame in this country. No. It is the coaching.
'The problem is that the guys who are "that type" of coach, you never hear of them really. You can have a philosophy on the pitch with grass up to there.
Nurture: There are top quality players coming through the ranks, but good coaching takes them to the next stageSuccess: The England team secured their passage to next year's World Cup in Brazil with the 2-0 victory'You can have all the facilities in the world - and (St George's Park) is a brilliant facility - but without a philosophy, it doesn't matter.
'You can have the best pitches in the world, you can have the medical centres and the sports science.
'But if you don't have a philosophy and a way in which to work and an identity, then it doesn't matter.
'You cannot say we can't play football. Look at the technicians we have produced. It's just (there has been) fear. It is easier to get rid of the ball than to pass it.
'There is a balance between coaching and over-coaching. If you over coach players, you lose the fluidity.'
Road to Brazil: Hodgson has led England to the World Cup finals after an unbeaten qualifying campaRead more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...#ixzz2iA88t87Q
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