Over the last few years, being a proud Aussie, I was rapped to see our home grown imports do so well in the Premiership.
However, just as they seemed to dominate, they tended to constantly get injured.
This ruined match fitness and momentum on many an occasion, namely our Harry
A pattern developed in not only Kewell, but continued on with Viduka and then Cahill. Whenever they have been on the park, they are usually influential, but never really have a long string of games in a row.
What perplexes me is that in Oz, our sportsmen are bred tough. Our cricketers for years have been hard nuts. Our Rugby League players are rock hard (bar 1 game!
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We have also had good boxers, athletes of all kinds who tough it out without too much whingeing (excluding Ponting).
So why do a host of our players fall down in the EPL with feather touches, or are out with papercuts and a whole host of other innocuous injuries.
Had it not been for the 2 dreaded words: Septic Athritis ( What the hell is that anyway? Was Harry tossing on the toilet?), we probably would've crept past Italy in the last World Cup.
Is it all just a coincidence or are we soft footballers?
Are there any other Nationalities in the past that can be labelled as soft?
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