- Jan 20, 2006
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Joey, I think you're wrong and here's why. Yes Cappello had great players at the teams he won championships with, but its still not easy to win championships. There isn't just one team in each league with sides good enough to win championships. Certainly Barcelona had just as talented a squad as Real Madrid, but Real Madrid won last year. Secondly, Cappello doesn't actually have to win anything to be successful. England aren't World Cup winning material. He simply needs to help them improve and give the English side a certain amount of respect in the world again. That may not be good enough for a lot of English fans and the English media who seem to expect trophies that England are not even close to deserving, but it is what is realistic. I think he can get them to the Semis of the World Cup or so and that is an accomplishment. And I also think its unfair to say English players are unsuited for his style. He must be given a chance to implement his style and try it, before assuming it can't work.
It may be what is realistic, but by and large realism is a stranger to the English media and supporters. Also, Real won the La Liga title almost by default last season; it was less a matter of Capello's nous than RvN's goalscoring heroics, aided towards the end of the season by a reinstated Beckham, Barca fucking up, Valencia struggling with injuries and Sevilla being not quite good enough. Losing to the likes of Recreativo and (FFS!) Levante is not, perhaps, what you expect of Real. They were truly godawful at times last season.
But to be honest I really couldn't care less. I'm just glad we got Ramos.