The Curse of the English Sports

[princeofcarthage]

As you all know England/Great Britain/United Kingdom whatever you may like to call it and some of the older nations that existed on these Island are responsible for inventing some of the most famous sports in the world. Be it the football, cricket, rugby, hockey among others.

My topic for starting this discussion is that how come the country which has been pioneer in the world of sports has fallen so back now?

2018 - Eng fav to win football world cup - lost
2019 - Eng fav to win cricket world cup - on track to lose (one of the greatest upset by sri lanka so far in this world cup)

This recent stats and just among these 2 famous pretty sports.

But take it hockey, rugby, badminton or others, England the birth nation of these sports, why has it fallen so behind now?

In a way England is still economically strong, has funds to invest in sports, has one of the most active diverse sports scene in the world, has infrastructure and experience to develop excellent talent. On an individual level yes England has produced some world class talent, but when as a country or team why does it fall behind?

[fightinfrenchman]

Brexit

[Goodspeed]

Ye

[Sargsyan]

2 English teams have won champions league and Europe leage. How did they fall back ?

[Goodspeed]

How did they fall back ?

Brexit

[princeofcarthage]

2 English teams have won champions league and Europe leage. How did they fall back ?

Clubs don't consist entirely of players from Britain itself, as you can see from my examples I am talking about international level. English clubs winning doesn't necessarily mean England win.

[Sargsyan]

2 English teams have won champions league and Europe leage. How did they fall back ?

Clubs don't consist entirely of players from Britain itself, as you can see from my examples I am talking about international level. English clubs winning doesn't necessarily mean England win.

They represent epl

[princeofcarthage]

2 English teams have won champions league and Europe leage. How did they fall back ?

Clubs don't consist entirely of players from Britain itself, as you can see from my examples I am talking about international level. English clubs winning doesn't necessarily mean England win.

They represent epl

Doesn't matter

[Horsemen]

How many gold medals did GB win in the last olympics? How many did India win?

[pecelot]

how the hell was England the favourite to win the world cup last year lmao, everyone was doubting them at every stage

[Sargsyan]

how the hell was England the favourite to win the world cup last year lmao, everyone was doubting them at every stage

Hazza spamming "its fkin comin home bois" made him think that

[deleted_user0]

Well, the NW cup is definitely coming home boisss! @Hazza54321 fanclub

[pecelot]

three lionsh on the shirt

[Riotcoke]

The Reason for the UK sucking in sports, apart from one person sports like Olympic events which we do very well in, is down to culture. British mindset, especially English mindset, tends to create a lot of toxicity among players in team games that ruins teamwork and ultimately, means that even though British teams may have excellent single talent, teams never quite jell together. Also just so you know your accounts of the UK doing badly in sports are quite funny really, England was never the favourite to win the world cup, they're top 8 but have never been the favorite since the mid 60s. As with cricket, England are still in the top 4 with 6 games played so can still win.

[princeofcarthage]

They are losing today's game.

[Riotcoke]

Yes against Australia which is 2nd, they will still be in 4th afterwards anyway.

[princeofcarthage]

Also by calculations by some publications England were 2nd or 3rd fav to win 2018 football world cup

[Riotcoke]

That's laughable. Obviously you really don't know much about international football.

[princeofcarthage]

Okay

[pecelot]

how the hell did Terry, Ferdinand, Lampard, Gerrard and Rooney not get into Euros 2008