Football fans, an uninformed opinion for you

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The argument about the youth system seems to break down when you look at the performance of the Engalnd U21's and down.

They generally seem to do better than the main squad and seem to have some good talent

I think the problme is the large premiership clubs will snap up the young talent -- and then leave it on the bench so for those formative years of say 16-21 they are not playing enough competitive football at the right level.

These kids need to be playing for if you like the 2nd/3rd tier prem clubs against the top tier to get experience of playing against world class players

well thats what I think anyway.

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The argument about the youth system seems to break down when you look at the performance of the Engalnd U21's and down.

They generally seem to do better than the main squad and seem to have some good talent

anyway.

Heard criticism of that though, basically along the lines of we filed big physical sides who dominate, but a few years later aren't technically good enough still.