Why are England NOT the best

It would seem they are starting to be seeing the benefits of the major overhaul of their system with St. George's Oark being the crown jewel. The clean up they have don't this year would suggest they could be building toward a World Cup challenging team.
Their current lot are a far way off but maybe in 5 years or so.

horsebox wrote: Only 3 white lads. With Brexit and 'foreigners out' this pool of talent will eventually dry up.

HB come on please .

Claret Murph wrote: horsebox wrote: Only 3 white lads. With Brexit and 'foreigners out' this pool of talent will eventually dry up. HB come on please . Next you will be saying people not born here are not Irish , think about .

What I am saying is that England have benefited massively because of emigration in all aspects of sport and beyond....the vast majority voted for Brexit because of immigration.

horsebox wrote: Only 3 white lads. With Brexit and 'foreigners out' this pool of talent will eventually dry up.

Sweet Jesus!

Are people even counting these things these days?

In any case, half of those black players are Afro-Caribbean  and the other half mixed race and since they themselves are most likely 3rd generation, it means their grandparents came to the UK before we were even in the EU.

Or are you still getting your info about Britain from watching old episodes of 'Love They Neighbour'?

newrynyuk wrote: Newryrep wrote: Claret Murph wrote: horsebox wrote: Only 3 white lads. With Brexit and 'foreigners out' this pool of talent will eventually dry up. HB come on please . Next you will be saying people not born here are not Irish , think about .   think it was a bit tongue in cheek CM   the success will likely go to their heads , that will get/or get taken on by  a big fancy agent who will promptly dump them in a few years as they don't make the breakthrough/be a success and slide down the leagues before ending up in a newspaper article  20 years hence 'where are they now'   It happened straight after the final whistle!  Look at the way during the presentation ceremony the entire squad wore their shirts backwards so that their name and number would be in all the photos.

newrynyuk wrote: Green Devil wrote: newrynyuk wrote: Newryrep wrote: Claret Murph wrote: horsebox wrote: Only 3 white lads. With Brexit and 'foreigners out' this pool of talent will eventually dry up. HB come on please . Next you will be saying people not born here are not Irish , think about .   think it was a bit tongue in cheek CM   the success will likely go to their heads , that will get/or get taken on by  a big fancy agent who will promptly dump them in a few years as they don't make the breakthrough/be a success and slide down the leagues before ending up in a newspaper article  20 years hence 'where are they now'   It happened straight after the final whistle!  Look at the way during the presentation ceremony the entire squad wore their shirts backwards so that their name and number would be in all the photos. Grab a hold of yourself there ffs  They are all only kids! Imagine winning a World Cup at 16 or 17 years of age thousands of miles away from home, the excitement of it all.....   Odd then that we've never seen any team of any age group celebrate like this, ever.  Previous kids don't like excitement, then?

newrynyuk wrote: Green Devil wrote: newrynyuk wrote: Newryrep wrote: Claret Murph wrote: horsebox wrote: Only 3 white lads. With Brexit and 'foreigners out' this pool of talent will eventually dry up. HB come on please . Next you will be saying people not born here are not Irish , think about .   think it was a bit tongue in cheek CM   the success will likely go to their heads , that will get/or get taken on by  a big fancy agent who will promptly dump them in a few years as they don't make the breakthrough/be a success and slide down the leagues before ending up in a newspaper article  20 years hence 'where are they now'   It happened straight after the final whistle!  Look at the way during the presentation ceremony the entire squad wore their shirts backwards so that their name and number would be in all the photos. Grab a hold of yourself there ffs  They are all only kids! Imagine winning a World Cup at 16 or 17 years of age thousands of miles away from home, the excitement of it all.....   Odd then that we've never seen any team of any age group celebrate like this, ever.  Previous kids don't like excitement, then?

They've done well with a number of their underage teams this year. Whether they've won world championships or got to the final or semi finals. Its bound to start bearing fruit sooner or later for the senior team. All the players from these teams can't have bad attitudes and believe they've made it and get carried away with their own success. There's bound to be at least a handful will go on to be top players.