Original sentence: A combination of a disregard of technique and skill and selection of players based on the ability to 'motor up and down the pitch' led to a systematic misplacement of footballing fundementals which to this day plague this great nation.In fact during his short time in charge of the national side he led them on a downward spiral from which they have yet to recover.Or as the great Brian Clough put it "if football was meant to be played in the sky, God would have put grass or at least a few turnips, in the clouds"