Thread: England's place in world cricket
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Old 19-09-2007, 08:42 AM in reply to Rachael's post starting "First things first: many so-called..."
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Originally Posted by Rachael View Post
1)selfless team players [ ] rarely get huge acclaim despite routinely putting in far superior performances [] This is nothing new, and is not unique to soccer. ...2) So some fan and media hopes ARE pinned on individuals... but I'm not convinced that this nonsense has that much impact with many professional teams in any sport...3)The barmy army and team were well and truly on different wavelengths!
1) it is not unique to Enland either but, again imo, it is absent from the best sides.
2) i guess this is where we differ - i am not convinced either, but i do have strong feelings that it does have an impact.
3) for the sake of English cricket i can only say i hope this becomes consistently true but...well, see point 2.
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