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Originally Posted by harry_hitch
German players and fans appear (rightly) to root for the national team though. The players clearly get paid enough to make a decent living.
Why should the German FA care if they cannot attract the likes Clint Dempsey, when clubs can probably pick players of a similar standard of quality for a fraction of the wages and who want to work hard and try to earn a call up for their country. They must be very happy with their tournament placings, and how promising their future currently looks.
England have always been average even before the PL started, but the PL is really limiting our future growth. The FA don't help help matters much either, the Germans will happily let their under 21's play in the under 21 tournaments and learn to play internationally naturally, where as we just chuck teenagers into a team of players (who do not know how to win important games) against seasoned international players in the hope they show some promise for the future.
The FA really need to try and gain some form of control over the PL, (or at least let the youngsters develop at under 21 level) even if it will be incredibly difficult.
Rant over.
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Could not agree more the FA have overseen this mess. They are supposed to be the controlling body of football in this Country ,it seems to me the Premier League say jump and they do. The FA needs to assert its authority.
