JustARandomGuyYouKno comments on Roony Bardghji questions why he wasn't selected for the Swedish senior national team: "What more can a 17 year old do to get called up?"

[–] JustARandomGuyYouKno@alien.top [B] 1 point 2 years ago (5 children)

Just for some context for fans not following Swedish football and media.

There has been a lot of criticism against Jane the last couple of years from a lot of different persons regarding the old squad he uses.

This isn’t the first time young talents don’t get a chance. Many that have dual passports have chosen other countries teams to play for

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[–] Stilling8@alien.top [B] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

This is exactly what happened with the danish team under Morten Olsen. Huge talent like Fischer and Andreas Christensen never got picked.

I don’t miss that man.

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[–] cbhem@alien.top [B] 1 point 2 years ago

MO did include Christian Eriksen pretty early in his career but I guess his talent was undeniable. Then of course used him to sit deep and play a million lateral passes.

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[–] Acrobatic_Machine@alien.top [B] 1 point 2 years ago

Andreas Christensen is too young to be even considered for Olsen..he started playing senior football in autumn 2015. Same time Olsen had his final qualification matches

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[–] Andrewdeadaim@alien.top [B] 1 point 2 years ago

many of the dual passports have chosen other countries to play for

That’s when you get a new coach for sure

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[–] Teusaurus@alien.top [B] 1 point 2 years ago

The critique against Janne has made it sound very unique, but it seems to be happening with most Swedish managers at the later half of their run with the national team. They have their favorites and youngsters are usually let into the team very carefully.

Usually it goes like this:

A new manager is appointed and gets praise for giving new players and youngsters a chance. Later on, the manager has found his core group. If he is successful, he will get praise, but when the results start to dwindle, people will start to ask for new players/youngsters to get chance. The manager has his group though and is trusting that his group will turn it around and if he adds new players to the group, it's done very carefully.

If the turnaround doesn't happen and he gets fired, a new manager is appointed. The new manager gets praise for giving new players and youngsters a chance and so on...

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