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Rooney is dominating the midfield
Hate to say it, but we miss the Gerard/Lampard type who can spread the ball and go on runs at the defence, Rooney should in and around the box for me, not sure what Henderson's role/position is?
 
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Because there is nothing to suggest that will be the case

All history points to is no different than what England had before - a 20 year career manager who has had zero success at a high level beyond keeping mid table teams in the Prem , at least Hodgson had a bit of experience abroad but unless you count Limerick Fat Sam is a just a manager of mid table teams - that straight is no different than people like Taylor , McClaren and Hodgson.

And just how much success did we have under either Eriksson or Capello?

The truth of the matter is that we have very few, if any, players of true quality and have not had for many years. It is certainly not a cop-out to blame the Premier League for this as it (the PL) has become so bloated in its importance by the media, the money and then the fans that there is a demand for instant results.

The players, as a result, believe they are better than they are compared with those of supposedly lesser nations such as Wales or Iceland where the players compensate for their limitations with commitment and organisation, the latter admittedly the responsibility of the manager.

However, the England manager is hampered by the PL and the its clubs and their interests.The clubs' managers, most of whom are foreign, have no interest in the performance of the national team and are far more concerned to achieve results for their club's owners (also increasingly foreign).Thus they take the quick and easy route of recruiting established players from overseas rather than develop home grown talent. Even the much vaunted academies are increasingly developing foreign youngsters.

On any week-end the number of players starting in the PL eligible for the Home Nations is likely to be only around 30%.

As with any pyramid, if you have a narrow base you do not have a high peak.
 

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Here we go again, Slovakia v England is shown live and free on Scottish !!!! TV, yet the Malta v Scotland live game is on pay to view Sky Sports 1.
 
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Starting to look forward to the Scotland v Malta game, can't be any worse........can it?
 
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