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Time Fly 's

 Hello Friends, First a foremost apologies for the time lapse it has certainly went by very quick since I last posted in  August 2023 . Life has had its challenges Healthwise a little long covid  was making me a little tired and brought up physical issues , I have great people looking after me and with a few trips to Bristol to my familiar doctors and medical professionals   things have  improved greatly .  I also got through a very cold and wet Irish winter . My Son started secondary school which is a big step , as I  write he has completed the first year it went so super quick . He now nearing the start of his second year , I am so proud of him , transition from primary education can be hard and he was doing it away from his friends , on his own . It has been a humbling experience seeing how he settled in and made friends and is now in the grove . One very Proud father of a TENNAGER !  I am also adapting to filling my time with new challeng...
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My View of the Southgate World Cup 2022

My View of the Southgate World Cup 2022 . I have been listing to the radio, podcasts, watching TV and a variety of social media it appears there is a lot of negative views being aired about Gareth Southgate. He has been put under extreme pressure before the world cup started to succeed and now after the world cup has ended, he is receiving unfair pressure for not bringing winning the World Cup. A lot of people are saying England are only winning against less skilled teams compared to the higher branded teams such as France, Brazil, Spain etc in recent years. In my view it is unfair because in the World cup 1990 we were lucky many people would forget that. We had a great team and played great against the West Germany in the semi-final, however in 1990 we draw 1-1 against Ireland that we thought we were dead set to win and then played Holland 0-0 followed by a game against Egypt that we won 1-0 in the last 30 mins. England beat Belgium 1-0 in the last min in extra time in the last 16. In the quarter-final England beat Cameroon 3-2 in extra time. England played against West Germany in the 1990 under Bobby Robson leadership in the Semi-final the team were pure class on the field in my view the better team on the day and were unfortunate to that lose the game on penalties. In 2001 – 2007 we had the so-called golden generation of football players. They failed to go to the last four in Two World cups and the Euro. Under Gareth Southgate leadership the England team has gone further than any team since 1996. England have not gone to a final since 1966. That’s why I think the negative views that are being expressed on the variety of social media platforms is unfair pressure to be putting on Gareth Southgate. In the game against France, it came very much across that the ref was of very poor quality for a World Cup Quarter-final official. On the Bright side the youth of today’s squad have the strength and the skills required to get to the World Cup 2024 . Till the next time Dan

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