Quote Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman View Post
And yet both England and Wales currently have squads filled with talented young footballers who are very comfortable on the ball. As I said previously, there's clearly a balance. The current system no doubt has its flaws, but it's producing some excellent players, so it's obviously not a complete waste of time.
How many of those players were playing u23 football though? Brooks, Sterling, Sancho, CHO etc all broke through at an extremely young age. I think the problem is after you've learnt the fundamentals at u18 level and you're into your 20s, there's nowhere to go if you're not in the first team.