THE CHINA MAIL. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14. 1961.
YOU CAN'T BUY SUCCESS Springboks tipped to
It's team-work that
wins matches
Blackpool is one of six clubs which have been ever- present in the First Division 'since the war. Newcastle and Preștoń also have long, djstin- guished records in the top sphere of soccer. So it is difficult to imagine one, or even two, of these clubs playing football in the Second Division next season.
You this will almond certainly success of clubs in the lower be the case-even though the divisions. Alec Stock, manager of oll have 14 ar me Leigus | Queen's Park Rangers, present games still to play. For Lud-Third Division leaders, sums up dan, mustained revivals of for the secret of his club's success when he says; "We haven't any tund the kind une reuds of in
great Individual players here. It boy
is a team effort...."
futbali Bethe-ravel. happen at top devel in the tough, highly competitive world of modern soccer.
Exceptions
Of course, there have been notable exceptions. But general- iy speaking, the teams to be re- Begated in May are both to be found among the bottom six of the First Division at this earlier singe of the season.
Some people may argue that one really outstanding player can transform the look of an otherwise mediocre side. But
First Divisiod' focibaji, I do not wink, one player can belog lasting success to nuch a team. For often this lone star carf be marked out of the game.
George Swindin, Arsenal mon- Lager, has sold that if the op- There were days when a First pistilon attempt to "blanket" Division club night make a spee-George Eastham, they_will_in= | tacular climb from the danger- † evitably leave openings for other i
sime tammus players and that he has other zone by buying match-winpbs forward me by men capable of exploiting such} ruthlessly re-thoping their first | openings. He is probably right, team. But times have changed,¦ Hut what he is really saying Is and tick success cannot now that Arsenal are not a une-man be so eastly achieved.
tenni. The reason, I believe, is that group skill is the all-importaut factor in modern team build-
Hit by injuries
Lack of team-work is not the
Ing. And nooth, effective only explanation of relegation Team-work is not somethling | worries, ́ Somethines particularly which can be acquired over- | unfortunate circumtonces handi- night to meet a crisis. Il comen cap a club. At Preston, where only through patient, long- the club really feels strongly the term planning and practice. loss of Tom Finney, there has been a cruel and prolonged run or injuries.
Team-work tells
Analyse the Hame of uny of the currently high-placed First Division: clatis--such as Spurs, Wolves, Shetheld Wednesday and Burnley-and you will tint thnt in each case team-wark is the basis of their soccess. Cer- tainly, they all have outstanding Individuals. but their success stems primarily from leam un- derstanding.
In this respect, Spurs are ex- traordinary. Their success is not due simply to big spending, but also to the fact that they have managed to buy stars who have been able to blend together to furo a team in the real sense. Team-work also appears to play the most vital part in the
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These Injuries have forced the club to bring into the first team as many as seven players who are still in their first year of top soccer ahd who would normally have been introduced gradually. Ideally, I feel it is best not to that two or three have ingre inexperienced players 10 first team ni any use time.
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Clubs sometimes achieve a de- gret of success by having a mALL- cleus of 12 or 13 first team men and switching their positions
player 15 when one through injury. But i think this kind of reshuffling is a wise long-term polley.
absent do not
It is better to look ahend by filling the gap with a re-
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younger, more energetic collen- gue.
But if team-work is to be de- veloped really well, the planning must operate right through the club. When Manchester City were hitting the headlines with their Reyle Plan, it is significant that their reserve team alsa played to a deep-lying centre- forward plan.
Often over 30
It is worth remembering, tuo, that top cross-country and long- distance track runners are often over 30, Some will say it is beenuse they only turn to the By the kind of planning longer distance when they are player can be schooled to blend the old for the shorter ones. hutomatically with his collen- gue's style when he steps into country veterans
But I believe that many cross. achieve high the first team. I feel that for Mandards because they have this reason Bone clubs will be
many years of hard training be- heading for new diflculty find them. One could not say they abandan their reserve that they have deterioratedl teams, as it is reported they much. may de next seasort
The "old master" plays on
Congratulations to Stanley
Why then do players usually disappear from the soccer scene In their 30's? A changing sense of values and Interests over the years plays an important part. As they grow older, football gradually begins to interest and excite them less than it once did. And when their zest for the
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win historic match against France
By JOHN COTTRELL
The revenge match of the century the battle for the world championship. This is the pro- match ballyhoo being given by the French to their forthcoming Test match against Avril Malan's Fifth Springboks.
South Africa has beaten the All Blacks, England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales in the past year. France has drawn twice with England and beaten all the other home countries since their first-ever Test triumph in South Africa two years ago.
So an historie struggle is in prospect for the Stade Colombes, Paris, on February 18. But those who anticipate a thriting, entertaining Lottle between the two rugby glants may be ate for a big disappointment.
These key struggles, played in a supercharged atmosphere, hardly conducive to
they best
hardly surprising, since
of the combined many players of the four home coun- tries against a team that only Wale? narrowly beat England. and Ireland separately.
The French team does not than look any more impressive the Barbarian side and this time the Springboks will be playing to their dour, Test match for-
spectacular open ruggermula.
witness the coleuricas, chloro- form sul provided by the Springbolts and England Twickenham this year,
chances
game goes, so ulse does their Taking no chang Matthews, who has cele-training effort-and brated yet another birth their speed and stamina. day this month-his 46th
while still a profes- sional footballer. How does he do it?
The answer is clear when you speak to the "old master," for you and that he sul retains his intense enthusiasm for the game: -the kind of enthusiasm you might expect to find in a young- ster who had just made a sUC- cessful first-team that it is this enthusiasm, more than anything else, which ex- plains his great lasting powers.
debut, I feel
There is no hard and fast reusos: why professional fool- ballers should relire, as so many of them do, during their
middle
thirties. It is "ikely that a player will have be-
But Matthews is an exception al player. He says he hopes he to play for an- whi continue other few seasons. And be lieve he will,
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After sacrificing the Spring- bok head to the Barbarians, the tourists will be playing win-at- (ell-evets rugby again to that they may end their tour in triumph.
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man they must fear most is tali By-half Pierre) Albaladejo. whose drop-goal talents make France worth three points from the start. Otherwise, if they can hold the French forward, the Spring-
My forecast: a victory for the Springboks-so completing their grand slam of the five countries they met on their 1060-01 tour.
FRENCH XV ANNOUNCED
Paris, Feb. 13. The French Rugby Union sou to meet South Africa here on Saturday shows four changes from the side which beat Scot- in
11-0 in Paris in January.
Michel Vannier replaces Roger Martinic Di full-back. Henr! Rancoule comes in on the right wing for J. Gachassin and Jean- Pierre Saux
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