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Originally Posted by Locke
I agree with you except for a few things, the problem isnt the Financial muscle its the overall composition.
England isnt developing its own players. Thats the first problem.
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Disagree with the bolded part, I think these things are cyclical and this generation of 18-24 year olds are going to disprove that
good piece here
http://www.espnfc.us/team/england/44...new-generation
But to sum it up basically players born in the 81-89 range who would now be 'in their prime'
England have 2 top players in Rooney and Hart, it's essentially a lost generation outside of that. The one before it produced a huge amount of talent that underachieved internationally, a lot to do with personal decisions.
But the 1990-97 range of players who are just pushing through now look to have a ton of potential
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Chris Smalling, Daniel Sturridge, Theo Walcott, Danny Welbeck, Jordan Henderson, Nathaniel Clyne, Phil Jones, Jack Wilshere, Harry Kane, Ross Barkley, Jack Butland, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, John Stones, Raheem Sterling, Eric Dier, Luke Shaw and Dele Alli
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In that list I think you have a lot of very good players and more than a few with definite potential to be some of the best at their position in the world