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The end of England’s “Golden Generation”
Several years ago the BBC when they had England games advertised the games with The Who’s song “my generation” as the new “golden generation” of players came through. Steven Gerrard (below), Frank Lampard, Ashely Cole, Joe Cole, Michael Owen, John Terry, Ledley King… the list goes on. However, last night we saw what was probably the end of that golden generation, who could and probably should have won a major tournament.
Now the axe will fall on certain individuals as we try and find the reason England performed so badly. However, maybe it is more than Fabio Capello and his players’ fault why England have underperformed in the last 20 years.
The pool of English player’s for Capello or any other England manager just isn’t there to pick from anymore. If you look at teams like Spain, Brazil etc they have players who are capable at international level at home whilst having players also playing abroad in Europe’s top league including the Premier League. England just doesn’t export players. In fact only four England players in the last decade have gone abroad and out of them arguably only David Beckham has been a success.
What’s to blame for the lack of English players? The Managers of the football clubs or the FA? Neither. It all comes down to the Premier League itself.
Ever since Rupert Murdoch’s millions entered into football in the 1990’s and the Premier League was formed we have seen a steady decline in the amount of English players in the English Premier League. Chelsea were the first team in 2000 to play a side which didn’t consist of a single Englishman and in 2010 two of the “big four” in Arsenal and Liverpool only played three players between them week in and week out who were English.
Of course many will say that prices for good English talent are over-inflated. Where in the world would you see Glen Johnson go for £18 million? Shaun Wright-Phillips (above) goes for £24 million? That’s why you have seen a number of average foreign players coming into the Premier League taking places that could be given to young talented English players. But instead due to the pressure of winning from football chairman’s and fans not much English talent is given opportunity unless they are very fortunate.
In fact most young talent players are really only given opportunities when the football club they play for is in dire financial circumstances like James Milner (below) at Leeds or when there are a lot of injuries like Dan Golsing and Jack Rodwell at Everton or in the League cup which has seen the bigger teams give their youngsters a chance including the very talented Jack Wilshire at Arsenal.
It also doesn’t help that the Premier League isn’t controlled by the FA, meaning that it can take decisions which are beneficial to the Premier League itself and not English football in general. This is why English Football needs change, but sadly I can’t see it happening. The 20 Premier League clubs will not want to be under control of the FA, which as an organisation has seen a fair share of scandal over time. Those 20 Premier League clubs are in it for themselves and not for the benefit of English Football.
It also worries me that this may be the last time we go past the group stages in the World cup as we just aren’t producing the players. Of the squad who played in the European under-21 championships in 2000 we have had 13 players play full internationals for England, whilst youngsters Steven Gerrard and Rio Ferdinand were already involved with the senior English team. Of the 2009 team who made the final and lost to the Germans, six have made full international appearances whilst only two of the players were taken to South Africa in Joe Hart and James Milner. Compare that to the winning German side last night who had four of those under-21 players in the starting line up.
The Premier League’s focus on winning without producing English talent is harming football and as much as you can blame Fabio Capello’s poor tactics, stubborn management and poor team selections along with poor performances from the players, with Premier League managers signing average foreigners like Hasan Yebda, David N’Gog and Bernard Mendy and then playing them, young English players will never develop.
So long England’s Golden Generation.
The English Wicket-Keeper Debate Rumbles On And On.
Ever since a certain Alec Stewart retired in 2003, England have struggled to replace a fantastic ‘keeper-batsman. First they tried Chris Read and then he was replaced to some success with Geraint Jones, then Read again before Matt Prior had a chance. He faltered at first so Tim Ambrose stepped in only for Prior to regain the gloves and impress since returning to the England fold, including being named as one of Wisden’s players of 2009.
Sadly England seems to have lost the sheer competitiveness and quality in the ‘keeper department. During the mid to late 1990’s England could chose from Alec Stewart, Jack Russell, Richard Blakey and Warren Hegg. All international class ‘keepers and in Stewart and Blakey fine batsmen as well.
Even though England have two of the highest regarded ‘keepers in world cricket in Chris Read and James Foster (below), both have never been given the opportunity due to apparently being weak batsmen. 
However, this season has seen Foster start off in great style both behind the stumps and in the middle. Against Durham he shared a record 5th wicket stand for Essex scoring 169 against bowlers such as Mark Davies and Liam Plunkett who both have been involved with England this winter. He also managed 88 against Hampshire in the opening fixture and seems in good nick.
Matt Prior’s place has also again started to come under scrutiny. Although since returning to the England side his glove work has improved, certain people still feel it is under-par especially compared to someone like Foster who reminded cricket fans what he can do in last years world 20/20 when he stumped Yuvraj Singh, something most keepers wouldn’t have been quick enough to manage.
Prior (above) has lost his spot in the 20/20 team to Craig Kieswetter, the South-African born ‘Keeper-Batsman who impressed in Bangladesh and for England Lions with the bat but again many feel his glove work is not up to scratch and he has failed so far in the county championship with the bat.
The other rival for the ‘keeper spot is Steve Davies. After an impressive summer for Worcestershire last year he was called up as a replacement for Prior in the Champions Trophy and made his ODI debut against Australia managing just 5. However, he toured with England as the back-up ‘keeper to Prior suggesting that his name is in the frame.
One name that could possibly be on an England team sheet in years to come is Yorkshire’s Jonny Bairtsow. Jonny is the son of former England and Yorkshire ‘Keeper David Bairstow and is follwowing in his dad’s footsteps in taking the role on at Yorkshire at with some success. The 20-year-old made his debut last season as a batsman and impressed with three half centuries along with replacing Yorkshire’s first-choice ‘keeper behind the stumps.
Although many will say Prior will hold onto the gloves for this winter’s Ashes, Foster has reignited his hopes of challenging for the place along with showing his class as a potential international all-rounder. If England also continue to play with 6 batsmen and the ‘keeper going in at 7 would Foster look out of place? This one will last until someone finally nails down the place.
Cricket Season The Silly Season? I Think Not.
So the cricket season is upon us and even though it’s the earliest start to the cricket season, luckily the weather has been kind to the ECB.
Usually this week just gone would see the cricket season curtain raiser at Lord’s as the MCC take on the county champions but due to the extended Twenty/20 season this got moved to Abu Dhabi to fit in the county championship fixtures. The game in Abu Dhabi was also a chance to try the pink ball which is hoped will replace the white ball which hasn’t been a success in world or domestic cricket, as well as David Morgan’s silly plan for day/night tests. Whilst the pink ball was a bit of success barring the seam problems that some batsman struggled to pick, the twilight game wasn’t as well received.
Durham who played in the MCC curtain raiser will certainly be favourites again for the county championship even though they will lose Graham Onions and Paul Collingwood to England throughout the summer. The key to their success is the seam department with Mark Davies, Liam Plunkett and Steve Harmison leading the line and all of them over the last year have been involved in England squads. They are also aiming to become the first county since Yorkshire back in the 60’s to win the county championship for the third time in a row.
Durham’s biggest rivals for the title this season will again be Nottinghamshire who have built up a good squad. Again they will lose Graeme Swann and Stuart Broad to England, but with the rise of Tim Bresnan and Steve Finn, they just might see a lot more of Ryan Sidebottom. It is also a key season for youngster Alex Hales to see if he can build on last season’s success and Samit Patel. Patel who made waves in 2008 and was selected in England’s one-day squad found himself dropped due to weight issues, something which he has started to rectify for this season.
Lancashire and Hampshire may also push for the title after recruiting well this summer. Stephen Moore is the pick of the signings for the red rose after impressing for a disappointing Worcestershire last year add to that experience in Glen Chapple, Sajid Mahmood and Luke Sutton they seem to have a really good squad. Hampshire have also acquired another former Worcestershire player in Kabir Ali to replace Chris Tremlett and with Micheal Lumb coming to the fore and with Jimmy Adams at the top of the order they have the quality to push forward.
Relegation candidates this year will always be the two that have come up from Division Two last year in Essex and Kent but Essex seem to have the squad able of dealing with Division One with the likes of James Foster, Mark Pettini and if Ravi Bopara doesn’t make the England team a side worthy of possibly pushing the top teams.
Kent and Yorkshire are my favourites for the drop, and it is a hard thing for me to say being a Yorkshire fan. Yorkshire this winter lost Matthew Hoggard due to boardroom issues along with Deon Kruis and Rana Naved which has left the bowling department bare and Yorkshire have failed to replace any of the losses instead focusing on developing home-grown talent. Although the signing of Ryan Harris is a good one he won’t be able to play until mid-may and with Tim Bresnan and Ajmal Shazad going to the World 20/20 it seems the youngsters will have to shine if the most successful county are to stay up.
My next blog will feature those in Division 2 along with the One-Day competitions and problems with the 2010 season.
Beckham’s injury a blessing in disguise?
A mundane Sunday was brought to life with news that former England captain David Beckham had torn his Achilles tendon whilst kicking a ball unchallenged for AC Milan against Chievo.
But whilst some in the media are saying it’s a huge loss and the facebook groups springing up in the wake of the news, you have to question how much of a loss he is to England and whether he would have been on the plane at all going to South Africa.
It also appears that he will now not add to his previous 115 caps as an England player or achieve another landmark is a glittering career of becoming the first England player to play in four world cups.
Beckham (above) has worn his heart on his sleeve for England for the past thirteen years scoring important goals such as his free-kick to help take England to the 2002 World Cup against Greece, the penalty to defeat Argentina in that world-cup and another free-kick to beat Ecuador in the 2006 World Cup. His tears when resigning the captaincy for England showed how much he loved playing for England and leading his country, something which all England fans admire.
Whilst many will say his experience would have been invaluable and his set-pieces could have changed games even former England internationals like Gary Lineker are saying Beckham isn’t a huge loss and some football pundits saying it’s no loss at all. You also have to question whether experience and set-pieces would have been enough to take him to South Africa as England have a wealth of competition for the right and left wing positions, especially since Beckham seems to have lost that little bit of pace he did have.
If Beckham had gone to the world cup where would Capello play him? Gerrard, Lampard and Barry seem certainties in the middle and Michael Carrick impressed against Egypt. Lennon and Walcott have played a lot under Capello down the right and Milner has impressed this season and don’t forget Shaun Wright-Phillips or David Bentley.
Now Capello must turn his attention to that once taken right-wing slot with players injured, coming back from injury and some just not performing. Aaron Lennon may miss the rest of the season with injury, Theo Walcott (above) has started only seven games for Arsenal this season, Joe Cole is returning from injury and struggling to get in the Chelsea team and Shaun Wright-Phillips hasn’t been in best of form. Two players who have impressed are David Bentley who has played well since coming in for the injured Lennon. Add to that other wingers in Ashley Young, Stewart Downing and Adam Johnson and you have to question how big a loss Beckham is.
James Milner (above) may be the man to finally nail down that right-wing position that has been vacant ever since Beckham’s imposed international exile by Steve McLaren. The young Aston Villa winger has impressed this season playing out of position in the centre of midfield and whilst playing for England has appeared on the left wing and at right-back. He just may be the versatile player that England need in a small squad of twenty-three.
Beckham injury probably means the end of a marvellous England career spanning thirteen years. Whilst personally he wouldn’t have been on the plane to South Africa for me, he did inspire many and led his country by example and always gave his best.
However, England and Capello can now move on and leave the shadow of David Beckham behind them.
Bangladesh v England 1st Test Preview: Rock Hard Beds and Injuries Galore
England’s two match test series start tomorrow against Bangladesh and it hasn’t been the easiest of lead ups to a test series.
Kevin Pietersen (above) seems very much out of form and is struggling to cope with Bangladesh’s left-arm spinners, one department where they are not lacking. England are also without three of their frontline bowlers with James Anderson at home resting after injury, Ryan Sidebottom again is back home injured and Graham Onions unavailable after a back injury. Stuart Broad also remains a doubt after suffer back spasms.
Broad’s injury hasn’t been helped by the beds used in the hotel where the England team are staying. Broad (above) described them as being as hard as advertising boards and if it wasn’t for a hotel worker suggesting to England ‘keeper Matt Prior some foam for a more comfortable night’s sleep. Broad and his fellow team-mates have followed suit and now Broad is edging toward full fitness though he still remains doubtful and told Sky he wouldn’t play unless he was 100% fit.
If Broad doesn’t play it will most likely leave Tim Bresnan (below) as England’s senior fast bowler. The Yorkshire all-rounder, who has impressed in the one-dayers against South Africa and Bangladesh, was promoted to number four in the batting order in the warm-up match suggesting that he may take the number 7 role against Bangladesh.
It also seems like England will go into the first test with 5 bowlers, although many don’t know what the line up will be. Definite starters will be Graeme Swann and James Tredwell on the turning Bangladeshi pitches and most likely Broad and Bresnan with one of Steve Finn and Ajmal Shahzad and if Broad doesn’t make the first test it seems like both Finn and Shahzad will start with Liam Plunkett missing out all together.
If Bresnan and Finn (below) both start it will be very tough on Plunkett and Luke Wright, as both Finn and Bresnan weren’t in the original test squad. Sadly, Plunkett has failed to impress in either his sole appearance in the one-day series or the warm-up game, whilst Wright hasn’t really been looked at by England for the five day format. Finn is also seen as a future star after he made his debut for Middlesex aged 16 and last season took 53 wickets.
Another uncapped player likely to miss out is Michael Carberry. The Hampshire opener who has been selected in place of the resting Andrew Strauss didn’t impress too much in the warm-up match and with it looking like England will play 5 bowlers Jonathan Trott looks set to open the batting alongside stand-in skipper Alastair Cook and Ian Bell coming in at three.
Kevin Pietersen though needs to score runs after failing in South Africa and in the one-dayers in Bangladesh. It seems that the Bangladeshis have found a flaw in his batting especially against left arm spinners and it is key that he along with the rest of England’s batting line up score if England are to play five bowlers.
Certain key England player’s lack of form and an inexperienced bowling line-up makes for interesting reading for this test series. It all kicks off on Friday at 3am (available on Sky Sports)
Probable Line Up: Alastair Cook (c), Jonathan Trott, Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood, Matt Prior (wk), Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, James Tredwell, Steve Finn.
A Team Full Of Englishmen… Kind Of
Last Friday England’s one day side completed an expected series whitewash over Bangladesh in the three match series thanks to Craig Kieswitter (below). However, some are criticising the amount of non English born players, such as Kieswitter, in the current test and one day teams.
The criticism first started after England’s triumph in the 2005 ashes with Australian’s claiming South Africa had won the Ashes and not England after Kevin Pietersen’s century at the oval. Pietersen though has been criticised more due to his criticism South Africa’s non-white player quota which led him to come to England to look to play cricket. However, Andrew Strauss and Matt Prior, both South Africa born, have cemented their places in the England squad over the past 6 years and they haven’t been as largely criticised until now due to both growing up in England.
Now the issue has been brought back into the limelight with the debut of Jonathan Trott (below) in the 2009 Ashes series and last week Craig Kieswitter who was drafted into the one day side to open alongside Cook after Joe Denly failed to score big runs in the warm-up games in Abu Dhabi. Both players have played for South Africa Under-19’s and Trott for South Africa A and this has left some England fans angry.
One former captain in particular has criticised the use of players who have made the switch from South Africa to England. Michael Vaughan last summer accused Trott of having celebrated with his native South Africa side after their victory at Headingley when he was supposed to be 12th man for England. Even though he denied the argument it does show the issue with playing for an adopted country.
Vaughan (below) amongst others have also criticised the current England team after the selection of Craig Kieswitter. The Somerset Wicket-Keeper had been groomed by England ever since he declared he wanted to play in England and not for South Africa and was immediately in the England Lions squad as soon as he was eligible to play. However, some former players have questioned this along with the Kolpak ruling which allows foreign players to stunt young English player’s development. Vaughan again has backed this calling for England to put out a “pure” English eleven.
Although not classed as English by many fans all those South Africans are technically English. Kevin Pietersen’s mother is English, England Captain Andrew Strauss’ mother is also English and he moved to England at the age of six, Matt Prior’s father is English and he moved to England aged 11 and Craig Kieswitter’s mother is Scottish and he lived here 3 months of the year before moving to England to do his A-levels. Jonathan Trott on the other hand has no close relation with England which many fans and critics of England have taken issue with.
Queries have also been raised about Eoin Morgan (above). The Irish born batsman chose to play for England as he is unable to play at the top level for his native country. However, the point to make is that England has used players not born in Britain before as have other nations and the fuss is only about the amount of non-English players in the squad. Former England players Allan Lamb, Tony Grieg and Basil D’Olivera all were from South Africa and Andy Caddick was a New Zealander.
Whilst other nations may complain about England using players born in different nations some nations in particular forget they also do this. A prime example is Andrew Symonds the Australian all-rounder who was born in Birmingham.
Questions do need to be asked about why England needs to turn to Trott and Kieswitter. Is there not enough talent within English cricket? Are the selectors missing out an giving good young batsmen the opportunity to play? It seems the former although many will ask why players such as Michael Carberry and Joe Denly aren’t given more of an opportunity.
Although the ECB seem to have won the battle with Kolpak players it seems that it is neglecting to take the same standards when selecting England squads. It seems that until this is rectified young English talent may be neglected.
Goodbye Winter Olympics, Hello Media Criticism.
After 17 days of competition in Vancouver Britain have yet again come away with just one medal, albeit a gold medal. However, there has been criticism in the media about the medal tally and performances especially after 3 medals were targeted before the games.
Shelly Rudman, ranked number two in the world, was Britain’s main hope for a medal in Vancouver after her silver medal display in Turin four years ago but sadly after a first poor run she was out of contention in the Skeleton Bob on a track that she had problems with. Amy Williams (below) on the other hand, an outsider for a medal in Skeleton produced a course record in her first run and never look back as she won by nearly half a second, a large gap in Skeleton terms.
Another strong medal hope was women’s Bobsleigh duo Nicola Minichello and Gillian Cooke after winning the 2009 world championships. Even though the pair suffered a tough build up with driver Minichello having sight problems they were still confident of a medal. Sadly, on their second run they crashed just like the men’s duo and men’s four man team had done on a tough track, meaning they did not finish the competition.
The inclusion of ski and snowboard cross has excited many and in the later we had high hopes for Zoey Gillings. On her Olympic debut in Turin she came 15th and had impressed in events before Vancouver. However, she failed to reach the final and in the medal round races failed at the start to come 8th. Jon Eley was another outshot as a medal after finishing 5th in Turin in Short Track Speed Skating. He again reached the semi-finals but only managed to finish 6th over
What was most disappointing during these Winter Games was the failure of both the men’s and women’s curling teams more so the men’s. Skip David Murdoch (above) had been doing well beating now Olympic Champions Canada as well as forming a formidable partnership with Ewan MacDonald. However, Britain had a mixed campaign but towards the end of the round robin they looked like a good shout to get through but failed to beat Norway and then in the play-off match to reatch the medals games lost to Sweden. The women’s team were as equally disappointing under young skip Eve Muirhead (below). After a good start the women’s team winning three of their first four games they lost the last five as Eve Muirhead’s performance seemed to dip in the pressure situation. However, she is only 19 and although Jackie Lockhart seems to have curled her last stone the next four years will be exciting for the young skip and her team especially as she can build her own team. It wouldn’t suprise me if Eve also recieved more media attention especially after developing a large male fanbase.
Although some areas of the media have criticised the performance it must be said or just as a reminder to those who have written about that Britain isn’t a winter sports country, we usually complain about the snow.
What really needs to be carried out by organisations in charge is a look at sports we can develop in this country to ensure medal success. Sir Steve Redgrave has already stated his aim to build an indoor long track speed skating venue in Great Britain which would hopefully house other indoor winter events. However, although UK Sport said they could run such a programme investment capital needs to be found to build such a place.
Events such as Long and Short Track Skating along with Figure skating, Curling and Ice Hockey could all be housed indoors across Britain and with the right guidance and coaching could see Britain become more competitive in the Winter Olympics. It is disappointing though that even though Britain has an Ice Hockey league it failed to reach the Winter Olympics and there is a distinct lack of British players in the league.
Medals these days take investment and Skeleton Bob has proved this. The event was introduced back into the Winter Olympics in 2002 and UK Sport invested heavily in it with a training facility in Bath and scouting possible athletes to take place from other sports. It is also no coincidence that Britain are the most successful Skeleton Bob nation since it’s return with 3 medals. (Amy Williams - 2010 Gold, Shelley Rudman - 2006 Silver, Alex Coomber - 2002 Bronze)
Lets hope the proper investment and structures from the governing bodies take place over the next four to eight years ensuring future success for Great Britain.
The Worlds Most Idiotic Football Fans?
They claim to be the “champions of Europe” and to be “a big fish in a small pond”, whilst also believing Millwall to be a derby game, that Huddersfiled have won “f*ck all” and that Huddersfield Town’s charity shirt for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance was a direct insult to them. These all come from the ramblings of one of the most hated clubs fans in England… Leeds United.
I may write this with some bias with myself being a Huddersfield fan in the wake of our derby in less than 24 hours. However, I genuinely think people will find the ramblings of Leeds fans to be hilarious. Such as their dwelling on being in the Premier League and Champions League ten years ago and how Manchester United and Chelsea are huge rivals. But these fans seem to forget going into administration and only offering 5p to the £1 in owed money by Ken Bates and only giving £1.65 to St. John’s Ambulance for a season.
For any Huddersfield fan who has ventured on to DownAtTheMac, (datm.info) it’s fansite they would have seen antagonising posts about the so called “non-derby” by Leeds fans along with Wikipedia changes on Huddersfield Towns site. Surely not the actions of fans who believe that Huddersfield Town are a “tinpot” club and aren’t its local rivals.
Sadly this spills over into more stupidity when the Hudderfield Town charity shirt for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance was taken by Leeds fans to be a Galatasaray shirt. Sadly some Leeds fans fail to see the link between the colours of the Huddersfield charity shirt being red and yellow and the colour of Yorkshire Air Ambulances livery on its helicopters.
Now not all Leeds fans are this stupid. Most of my examples were taken from DATM and Leeds’ fansite WACCOE, a truly awful place to visit with infighting and some thoughtless moronic posts and opinions.
Tomorrow shall be a tough game for both clubs and is also a hugely important game for both as promotion challengers. By 2.30pm we shall know the result.
Another war on the horizon for Britain?
With Britain in Billion’s of pounds of debt and the British forces fighting an intense (and legitimate) campaign in Afghanistan any threat to British shores or it’s colonies may prove to be one step too far for the armed forces. Well it appears that this threat has come true and once again it’s from our good old enemies the Argentinians who aren’t happy about Britain drilling for oil off the coast of the Falklands.
28 years ago the argentinians invaded the Falkland Islands claiming the British colony to be thiers but after a short succesful campaign by the british (the war lasted 7 weeks) Britain regained control and humbled the Argentinian government. Sadly in this conflict we saw the needless loss of 255 British troops all because Argentina claim that the Falkland Islands are thiers.
Well they are at it again! In December 2009 the Argentinian government passed laws in their country declaring that the Falklands along with several other South Pacific British colonies are now theirs. And today leaders of the latin America and Caribbean countries have backed their claim which according to the Argentinians will force Britain’s hand into giving Argentina soverignty for the claimed territories.
Instead Gordon Brown has rightly turned down the claims towards the British terrirories which has left Argentina with little options. Next week they shall present their claims to the UN in a last gasp attempt to drum up meaningful support from powerful nations in an attempt to force Britains hand. The only other option would be to again invade the Falkland Islands which even the Argentinian Prime Minister Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has said would be a bad idea against the strength of the British Army and it’s resources.
below: What Argentina claim is theirs (www.bbc.co.uk)
However, with Britain now drilling for oil in the Falkland region Argentina claim that Britain are carrying out a “systematic violation of international law”. ALthough Argentina have a meeting with the UN’s General Secretary it is unclear what the UN will be able to do. If they find in Argentina’s favour then at worst trade sanctions would be employed but would allies such as the USA and other large european nations as well as NATO it looks nigh on impossible that this would take place.
If Argentina do invade again then surley it would be another comprehensive victory for Britain, although they claim this isn’t what they shall do they may think there is no other way to get “their” islands back. Currently it’s a storm in a tea cup but the Argies may just drop that tea cup in the future… and all hell may break loose.
Argentina say “The Malvinas will never be surrendered” but it also may be a last ditch effort by a struggling Argentinian government to claw some voters in, just like in 1982. Or maybe it’s all about the oil for the Argentina with a reported half a trillion pounds worth of oil and gas to be excavated. Most Britains wouldn’t care about the oil and more about the territory just like Gibraltar but we shall have to wait and see what the next Argentinian move is………
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No wonder Noel left…
The 28th of August 2009 is arguably the day when British Rock Music died. Noel Gallagher left Oasis after 18 years and released a statement saying “with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight. People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer.”
Although Liam Gallagher accused Noel of wanting to leave the band saying “I just think he wanted out” and “he’s probably got a batch of songs that he doesn’t want his brother singing and wants to go down another road, last night confirmed what most Oasis fans had thought. Noel had grown tired of Liam’s antics.
In recent months Liam has already stated he would no longer play any songs written by Noel in any live shows his new band (which still hasn’t got a name) plays. Although how anyone will enjoy listing to ‘Little James’ live is beyond me.
Liam then appeared at the BRIT awards to collect the best album for the last 30 years which was awarded to Oasis for ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory’. Although there was not much competition with some truly awful albums in there including Keane and only The Verve’s Urban Hymns came near. Liam came on to collect the award from Noddy Holder and said “”Listen kids, I wanna thank bald head (Bonehead), Guigs, Alan White and the best f**king fans in the world.” An obvious insult to Noel who wrote all the songs for the album.
But it was his antics on receiving the award that shocked many as he hurled both his microphone and award into the crowd. Peter Kay who was hosting the awards stated the obvious as Liam left deeming him a “knob head” and it’s no wonder many have agreed with this statement.
What did last night tell us? Well I think we can all understand why Noel left Oasis and I’m sure he won’t give a damn about what Liam did. Especially only a week after Noel’s two concerts for The Teenage Cancer Trust sold out within five minutes. The tale of Oasis now finally may be at an end as Noel keeps himself to himself and Liam starts his new band… or maybe not. Liam, Gem Archer and Andy Bell’s new band should have an album out in July and then it will all start again.
So since Liam wouldn’t do it, thank you Noel for giving us a great album and dozens of incredible songs.
RIP Oasis (The Rain) 1991-2009
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