- Oct 2, 2004
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So Greg Dyke, chairman of the FA and well known for his knowledge of...ummmm...television is about to make a speech about his 'vision' for the future of the England team.
Now I suspect it will be a big load of balls with no real significant insights, but what really is the future of the England team and what can actually be done to improve the standard of English players?
Currently we are producing very few genuinely talented players, and seem to be falling well down the world pecking order. Even at Spurs it appears that the 'weak links' are generally the English players, so what can be done?
I've got no massive grand plan, but it would seem to me quite easy to look at what they do in Spain and Germany and try and follow those examples. Focussing on 5/7 a side football on smaller pitches seems an obvious example of how to improve the technical ability of our players, and a winter break would seem like a good idea to at least put us on a level playing field with other European countries.
So whaddaya reckon? How do we fix England?
Now I suspect it will be a big load of balls with no real significant insights, but what really is the future of the England team and what can actually be done to improve the standard of English players?
Currently we are producing very few genuinely talented players, and seem to be falling well down the world pecking order. Even at Spurs it appears that the 'weak links' are generally the English players, so what can be done?
I've got no massive grand plan, but it would seem to me quite easy to look at what they do in Spain and Germany and try and follow those examples. Focussing on 5/7 a side football on smaller pitches seems an obvious example of how to improve the technical ability of our players, and a winter break would seem like a good idea to at least put us on a level playing field with other European countries.
So whaddaya reckon? How do we fix England?