Raheem Sterling - deluded or just stupid?

[queenslandpie]

So the legend that is the great Raheem Sterling has decided the reason we don't do well in major tournaments is down to the fans. So it's nothing to do with overpaid, overrated and gutless tw@ts like you Raheem who play like little girls in an England shirt, it's the fans who are at fault. Apparently we need to "give them more love" in Russia, and then they'll perform better. I don't think many nations are better supported at these big events than England, but that support is repaid by pathetic performances like the one against Iceland (you were especially sh!t Raheem), where they beat us simply because they wanted it far, far more than our 'superstars' did. I used to be a passionate England supporter, but prima donnas like this mega-rich deluded arsehole have left me with a sense of indifference.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43547567

Whilst I dont like the guy his comments are a bit more general than just pointing to fans. The biggest problem is actually the media if you are going to get onto the criticism side of it who look for any possible angle to drag the team down at precisely the wrong time each and every tournament.

[iamITK]

Whilst I dont like the guy his comments are a bit more general than just pointing to fans. The biggest problem is actually the media if you are going to get onto the criticism side of it who look for any possible angle to drag the team down at precisely the wrong time each and every tournament.

I tend to agree here.

Every major tournament the media go digging for scandal on players, managament, knock players all over the place, hype up or down etc. So many fans assume that cos weve done nothing for so many years, it wont happen this year, every year, so dont bother to get behind them.

Either the media slate the players if we dont have percieved world beaters, or hype them up ready to bring them down if we do.

For once, I dont think we have world class players, so the pressure is well and truly off. However, the media and fans are taking this chance to rubbish the team as having no chance. Great!

With expectation low due to lack of brand names in the team, why cant we just say, "lets go and have a go" rather than so many folk running them down as over paid, useless, spineless and all those other words.

Will we win it, no.
Will we come close, no.
Does anyone expect us to win it, they shouldn't.

Why the hell the media makes so much effort in reinforcing this, rather than supporting, god only know. Our so called fans see that as fashionable and jump on the band wagon. Lets try supporting them, rather than pulling them down before a ball is kicked.

Oddly, we beat Holland, who were obviously then called a poor side in the media and by fans, despite them going on to turn Portugal over 3 - 0 a few days later. Imagine if our fans and media said, hey, thats a half decent result.
What a breath of fresh air that would be!

Maybe we should put our support behind a team of players, not a much of individuals, and see what they can do.

Striling has a valid point. The media and public seam to get off on doing anything they can to create sensationalist headlines any time England are involved in a tournament, purely to sell papers.

[LaxtonLad]

I tend to agree here.

Every major tournament the media go digging for scandal on players, managament, knock players all over the place, hype up or down etc. So many fans assume that cos weve done nothing for so many years, it wont happen this year, every year, so dont bother to get behind them.

Either the media slate the players if we dont have percieved world beaters, or hype them up ready to bring them down if we do.

For once, I dont think we have world class players, so the pressure is well and truly off. However, the media and fans are taking this chance to rubbish the team as having no chance. Great!

With expectation low due to lack of brand names in the team, why cant we just say, "lets go and have a go" rather than so many folk running them down as over paid, useless, spineless and all those other words.

Will we win it, no.
Will we come close, no.
Does anyone expect us to win it, they shouldn't.

Why the hell the media makes so much effort in reinforcing this, rather than supporting, god only know. Our so called fans see that as fashionable and jump on the band wagon. Lets try supporting them, rather than pulling them down before a ball is kicked.

Oddly, we beat Holland, who were obviously then called a poor side in the media and by fans, despite them going on to turn Portugal over 3 - 0 a few days later. Imagine if our fans and media said, hey, thats a half decent result.
What a breath of fresh air that would be!

Maybe we should put our support behind a team of players, not a much of individuals, and see what they can do.

Striling has a valid point. The media and public seam to get off on doing anything they can to create sensationalist headlines any time England are involved in a tournament, purely to sell papers.

It's not the media he's whining about though, is it? As EP says, not many national teams get the support that England does and that support comes from the fans, not the media.

[queenslandpie]

It's not the media he's whining about though, is it? As EP says, not many national teams get the support that England does and that support comes from the fans, not the media.

Really?

Startling but not surprising coming from a farmer giles type.

Do the media not influence public opinion any more or was I born in another dimension?

[LaxtonLad]

Really?

Startling but not surprising coming from a farmer giles type.

Do the media not influence public opinion any more or was I born in another dimension?

From a "farmer giles type" to a queen type.

As far as I know he didn't mention the press, if you think the media influence the public, fair enough but address your sarcastic comments to Raheem Stirling from your other dimension, tell him to include the media when he has a moan. And be polite.