The QPR manager has called for change in the national set-up, saying coaching needs to improve in order for the senior side to stop underachieving at major tournaments.
QPR manager Harry Redknapp has hit out at the England national team, saying the Three Lions
“do not know how to play football.”
The senior side has come under criticism following recent
performances against Brazil and Ireland, while the Under-21s
crashed out of the European hampionship in Israel after losing all
three of their group games.
Writing in The Sun, Redknapp has called for big changes in
the national set-up in order to improve English football.
"I am passionate about the England team at all levels and get
terribly disappointed when I see us perform so abjectly against
other countries when we have such great individuals,” Redknapp
wrote. "But
the overriding problem we all face is that English football must
change. And it has to come from the very top of the game.
“That means manager Roy Hodgson getting involved with coaches at
every level working in the same direction.
"We do not know how to play football. We just boot the ball up the
pitch and it gets us nowhere.
"We don't have the kids coached the same way - the right way - from
a young age. As a result we have a senior team that is greatly
underachieving.”
Redknapp also says the Three Lions' underachievement is not down to
a lack of quality players, but because of the standard of
coaching.
"Look at the so-called 'Golden Generation' of Steven Gerrard, Frank
Lampard, John Terry, Wayne Rooney, Ashley Cole, etc.,” Redknapp
wrote. "Man for man there wasn't a country on Earth that could
match that on paper. But together they never produced because we
just hoofed the ball forwards into channels and hoped for the
best.
"In international football you cannot just hit and hope because you
give the ball away. It's all about possession, retaining the ball,
controlling the game. We need coaches who believe in that ideal.
QPR manager Harry Redknapp has hit out at the England national team, saying the Three Lions
“do not know how to play football.”
The senior side has come under criticism following recent
performances against Brazil and Ireland, while the Under-21s
crashed out of the European hampionship in Israel after losing all
three of their group games.
Writing in The Sun, Redknapp has called for big changes in
the national set-up in order to improve English football.
"I am passionate about the England team at all levels and get
terribly disappointed when I see us perform so abjectly against
other countries when we have such great individuals,” Redknapp
wrote. "But
the overriding problem we all face is that English football must
change. And it has to come from the very top of the game.
“That means manager Roy Hodgson getting involved with coaches at
every level working in the same direction.
"We do not know how to play football. We just boot the ball up the
pitch and it gets us nowhere.
"We don't have the kids coached the same way - the right way - from
a young age. As a result we have a senior team that is greatly
underachieving.”
Redknapp also says the Three Lions' underachievement is not down to
a lack of quality players, but because of the standard of
coaching.
"Look at the so-called 'Golden Generation' of Steven Gerrard, Frank
Lampard, John Terry, Wayne Rooney, Ashley Cole, etc.,” Redknapp
wrote. "Man for man there wasn't a country on Earth that could
match that on paper. But together they never produced because we
just hoofed the ball forwards into channels and hoped for the
best.
"In international football you cannot just hit and hope because you
give the ball away. It's all about possession, retaining the ball,
controlling the game. We need coaches who believe in that ideal.
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