Re: 2006 World Cup draw
cheetah i hope they come sooner than later coz then we can all stop supporting brazil, argentina, italy etc and get behind the “white crescent and star on a green background”.
as a regular amateur football player(UK) and having played in all the different formats of the beautiful game i can say quite confidently that on a general basis the asian players seem to have more skill and flair than the white players but are lacking in strength and stamina, at amateur level you will see literally hundreds of asian players and then when it comes to taking the leap from amateur to professional … nothing! reasons for this could be most probably culture, i.e. parents too busy working, kids not getting involved in football till late on, very hard to catch up when u are 6-7 years of coaching behind the other players unless youre a ronaldinho, racism/alienation has an effect at grass roots, many other reasons but my heads a bit mashed due to having come back to work 1st day after xmas and its boring!!