no critical thinking by the poster
explain in stead of casting judgement, lets hear why no critical thinking was involved? some people like to talk but have no argument to back up the insult or judgement.
You didn't examine Uruguay's inherent advantages. History ( they actually won 2 world Cups albeit in the pre WW 2 era, several Copa americas and their teams have won Libertadores cups), Infrastruture and the human capital necessary for development of a football programme. Added to the fact that they have very strong connections with Argentina and are placed in the highly competitive Conmebol zone ( imagine playing Brazil at every level almost every year)
I get your point about the challenges they must have had to overcome because of their small size but they have a lot of thing going for them apart from that disadvantage.
they have organization breds. something that is lacking with our football, self belief and excellent coaching as well. that is what makes a big differences, our fa is nowhere near U in terms of organization and planning. I am fully aware of their world cups and achievements. I know my football history very well and know even the tournament was different in their time of victory, in terms of format.
i also understand the level of competition they face on a regular, which is an integral part of their growth and progression. hence the reason our fa needs this organization and planning to prepare our players and have them exposed to various footballing regions that are the top in the world.
it all boils down to the ttff having poor organization and planning when it comes to our football, along with the players not being exposed to higher levels of football on the regular and lack of fitness that would allow them to compete at a high level consistently.
we saw what an excellent coach can do with our talent and size of population, that was just a mere taste, we can achieve alot more as we have always been known as the perennial underachievers.