Summary
For the
second European Championship in a row the English youth team has failed to
survive the group stage and they are going home after three games. After losing
to Norway and Italy the match against Israel doesn’t matter anymore, they are
going home. But what is wrong with the England Under-21 side? Experts give
multiple reasons for this, the manager may have lost his touch after six years
of managing but the main reason that is given is the lack of Premier League
experience in the squad, only a few play matches on the highest English level
on a regular basis.
My opinion
England is
experiencing the downside of the money that clubs have these days, instead of
developing players through youth systems the English teams are buying the best
players from other countries. In countries like The Netherlands the emphasis is
on developing young Dutch players and steadily preparing them for the Dutch
national team, this philosophy has resulted in European championships in 2006
and 2007, whereas the big English football nation hasn’t won anything over the last years. There is
one easy solution to force English teams to develop English players, English
premier league teams should use at least four English players per match, this
way the premier league will have British influence and the National teams can
only benefit from that.
Bibliography
Magowan, A. (2013, June 10).
What's gone wrong with England's Under-21 side? Retrieved June 11,
2013, from BBC Sport: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22840724
I didn't know about the Dutch philosophy but now that I read about it I think that is a very sophisticated one and a valid one on top of that. On the other hand if Engeland didn't buy the players there would be in a way less economy. So I don't mind countries buying players.
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