The Education secretary Michael Gove has experienced a public backlash for his planned reforms of the GCSE system and as expected there are plenty who have jumped on the bandwagon wanting to make wholesale vague changes to the England setup in a move which is based on the England players being vastly overrated in their eyes and in my eyes they are actually underrated and we as a country always seem to under-hype our Footballers and oddly overhype our other Sports Stars who too often relax after winning one Title, That list is long.
For the majority of the last 20 years England have been a legitimate top 10 team in the World despite the rather odd ranking system employed by FIFA and have produced a vast array of very talented players who have won some of the biggest Trophies you can win in Football and played a big part in these title wins too. Look back at the last several International Tournaments, England have consistently made the latter stages which is no small achievement when you look back on things. Germany and Spain have made terrific strides and have earned a vast array of plaudits yet that doesn't mean England can repeat the results by copying their blueprint.
Stuart Pearce has had mixed results as U21 boss and when several players are over 21 you start to think about the merits of the u21 level when it comes to developing young talents into solid professionals. England have some talented youngsters but they need to learn in the right way which means with their Club. Too many young players have not developed as well as they could due to being held back in U21 squads. Let's remember the talent we have had over the last few years and maybe more people would realise that England still have some very good players indeed. Are there ways to improve the next generations of England players? Yes of course. Is a complete criticism of the talent needed? Absolutely not and until many start realising that we may go backwards not forwards.
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