20 Mar 2017 12:39:14
What article is next for the world's best ed001? Need something to interest me during the international break mate!

{Ed001's Note - I don't know mate. I am open to suggestions now. I have been busy sorting out my visa up until now so haven't thought about it. I will probably do managers next.}

1.) 20 Mar 2017
20 Mar 2017 13:45:17
You could write about Midfielders. That will open up plenty of brains on the site.

{Ed001's Note - need to do something as I hate international breaks!}

2.) 20 Mar 2017
20 Mar 2017 15:42:47
Its a good thing you are past denial Harry!

3.) 20 Mar 2017
20 Mar 2017 14:56:05
ed001 if you do pick managers could you do the best and also those that are overated? would love to read your thoughts on this subject, thanks mate.

{Ed001's Note - ok mate, I will add overrated in to the list too.}

4.) 20 Mar 2017
20 Mar 2017 14:57:56
Hi Ed1,

I always wanted to know the level / standards of educations the players have in each of the top leagues - English, La Liga, German, France .

If there is an existing site, you can point to the site or you can take it as to do if interested.

I am trying to understand if basic / decent education has any link with tactical awareness and understanding of the game.

Spain and Germany are doing great at international levels and would be interesting to know if this has any relevance to the players being better educated.

Is it worth a topic?

Cheers.

{Ed001's Note - the academy players receive a very decent school level education. Man City, as an example, give a very expensive private education to their academy players, which attracted a number of their youth team lads.}

5.) 20 Mar 2017
20 Mar 2017 16:17:52
thanks ed001 I look forward to reading that.

{Ed001's Note - I hope it lives up to expectations then in that case!}

6.) 20 Mar 2017
20 Mar 2017 17:34:06
How about the dark world of S&M Ed?

{Ed001's Note - you would need Ed003 for that mate. Now the dark world of M&Ms and you have the right man!}

7.) 20 Mar 2017
20 Mar 2017 18:43:21
So does it mean the professional footballers aren't much educated at all. I mean like a basic science degree or engineering or any masters' degree.

Always read that Frank Lampard had high IQ levels but not sure if he had basic degree to follow it up.

Cheers.

{Ed002's Note - Most professional footballers are dumb as a box of rocks. Some are brighter, some are very bright and can hold their own with grown ups and some are even good company socially. But generally, and particularly in England, dumb as a box of rocks.}

8.) 20 Mar 2017
20 Mar 2017 19:57:01
Very scary to hear.

Is it just football like that or all other sports?

How can they understand the tactical awareness / technicalities if they are really so dumb?

Is this one of the reasons why England is behind in internal scene?

Does it mean Span/ German teams is better off with minimum/ higher level of literacy?

Cheers.

{Ed002's Note - (a) Footballers are towards the bottom of the scale of animal life - few other sports have dropped to such depths although a number of East Coast baseball players from Boston and New York are giving them a run or their money. Boxers and people who fight are also generally far from the brightest - otherwise they would chose not to earn a living being punched in the head all of the time. (b) If you demonstrate and shout the same thing often enough footballers will learn simple repetive tasks. (c) No, it has no impact on the abilities of England to fail or succeed at football. (d) No, it is irrelevant.}

9.) 20 Mar 2017
20 Mar 2017 20:28:16
Haha deadly Ed.

10.) 20 Mar 2017
20 Mar 2017 20:55:51
I know i'd appreciate a world's best central midfielders list. Other than that an article on the world's most overrated and underrated players of the past 10 years or so would be interesting!

11.) 20 Mar 2017
20 Mar 2017 21:34:05
Lfc academy is paired with rainhill high school I believe, school I attended and is highly thought off. Most of which happened after I left but I believe the club pumped a fair chunk of change into the school also for devolopments onsite.

12.) 20 Mar 2017
20 Mar 2017 23:20:30
I'd love to hear your thoughts on how well systems can be replicated across different parts of the world. for example, I saw someone laud the work that Zorc has done at Dortmund and identifying youngsters etc. but could Zorc do that in the prem league, given that there is so much more money in the premier league and how does that effect the kind of yougnsters that end up in the prem? If it was just about money, then surely the yougnsters at dortmund would have been snapped up by the bigger clubs who could pay more? or does dortmund pay crazy wages for their players?
any who, the article topic would be about how the dynamics of a country's culture and the culture of their league impact on the development of a football club's identity. cheers :)

{Ed002's Note - It is never as simple as shifting an entire structure to another league. Zorc fitted Dortmund and Monchi Seville. You cannot pick them up and throw them in to Stoke and expect miracles. One doesn't want to be cliched and say "horses for courses" but clubs need to build a purposeful structure that suits their needs - you throw Messi in to Manchester United and it is disruptive - as an example. You are to some extent correct in mentioning culture - it is a big deal and you can take some great players and managers and coaches and shift them to somewhere it rains, they have totally different food, there is a language issue etc., and it it won't work. Putting Monchi, Klopp and Firmino in China won't work at all - all decent at their jobs, but a paradigm shift from the comfort zone they are used to. In the premier league, Zorc could likely slip in of course.}