FIFA U-20 World Cup

[RichC]

That is the type of mentality the one that would take care of the project must have or else the FA would make their own decisions and the leader of the project would accept it.

He must be very tough so his decisions will happen.

Rafa would be another excellent choice.

Neither of them play well with others!

[Neil Young]

Louis Van Gaal: the solution to all the problems in the world today.

[Bender]

Louis Van Gaal for Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund

[Fredo]

Or Rafa?

[kev776]

That is the type of mentality the one that would take care of the project must have or else the FA would make their own decisions and the leader of the project would accept it.

He must be very tough so his decisions will happen.

Rafa would be another excellent choice.

Absolutely irrelevant if the decisions are right or wrong, they must be tough.

Maybe they could sort out the National debt at the weekends.

[Tee]

England haven't won a match in this tournament since 1997.

[PTP]

this is the squad from the 1997 Under 20 world cup when they last won

1 GK David Lucas 23 November 1977 (aged 19) Preston North End
2 DF Matthew Upson 18 April 1979 (aged 18) Luton Town
3 MF Jason Crowe 30 September 1978 (aged 18) Arsenal
4 MF Ronnie Wallwork 10 September 1977 (aged 19) Manchester United
5 DF John Curtis 3 September 1978 (aged 18) Manchester United
6 DF Marlon Broomes 28 November 1977 (aged 19) Blackburn Rovers
7 DF Jamie Carragher 28 January 1978 (aged 19) Liverpool
8 MF Jody Morris 22 December 1978 (aged 18) Chelsea
9 FW Ritchie Humphreys 30 November 1977 (aged 19) Sheffield Wednesday
10 MF Danny Murphy 18 March 1977 (aged 20) Crewe Alexandra
11 MF Clint Easton 1 October 1977 (aged 19) Watford
12 MF Kieron Dyer 29 December 1978 (aged 18) Ipswich Town
13 GK Mark Tyler 2 April 1977 (aged 20) Peterborough United
14 FW Jon Macken[3] 7 September 1977 (aged 19) Manchester United
15 FW Paul Shepherd 17 November 1977 (aged 19) Leeds United
16 FW Jason Euell[4] 6 February 1977 (aged 20) Wimbledon
17 DF Mark Jackson 30 September 1977 (aged 19) Leeds United
18 FW Michael Owen 14 December 1979 (aged 17) Liverpool

arguably only 6 players went on to have 'decent' careers - a year later Michael Owen scored that goal against argentina in the world cup

[Robbie-9-Fowler]

How good has Bruma looked in this by the way, very exciting player.

[The_weatherman]

Which players from the England u-21 would have been eligible for this? I think you guys should start from scratch and pick the strongest team bottom - up, instead of top - bottom, if you catch my drift.

Instead of using too young players for the senior team who hardly play there, let them play for the younger teams and gain winning experience.

England could have fielded a reasonably strong U-21 team this summer which would have impacted on the U-20 team as well.

[dww]

It seems to me that it is a bit of an odd idea that club sides should be thinking largely about the national side when developing young players.

I tend to agree with Arn that coaching is average here, although it is far from clear whether that is a problem with individual coaches, the scheme for training coaches or the simple fact we have too few trained (there was some comparison on the BBC and Spain had something like 10 times as many as we do with proper qualifications).

Whilst he is clearly a nutter and I'm not sure he was the most adventurous England coach I think someone like Glenn Hoddle would be a better fit than van Gaal for the role of changing the system in England. He's dedicated his career to player development since he left managerial roles and he has experience in management in England. A lot of the solutions suggest by Arn simply wouldn't work in England. The football league will never vote for B/C teams in the league and given that the Championship is one of the top 10 most watched leagues in the world it seems that the product is doing well on a lot of levels.

[Neil Young]

It seems to me that it is a bit of an odd idea that club sides should be thinking largely about the national side when developing young players.

I tend to agree with Arn that coaching is average here, although it is far from clear whether that is a problem with individual coaches, the scheme for training coaches or the simple fact we have too few trained (there was some comparison on the BBC and Spain had something like 10 times as many as we do with proper qualifications).

Whilst he is clearly a nutter and I'm not sure he was the most adventurous England coach I think someone like Glenn Hoddle would be a better fit than van Gaal for the role of changing the system in England. He's dedicated his career to player development since he left managerial roles and he has experience in management in England. A lot of the solutions suggest by Arn simply wouldn't work in England. The football league will never vote for B/C teams in the league and given that the Championship is one of the top 10 most watched leagues in the world it seems that the product is doing well on a lot of levels.

[dww]

[RedReet]

That's how I read it too, haha.

[danperkins]

Spain getting beaten 1-0 vs Mexico

[marcus50bucks]

Derik equalizes for Spain. Mexico have been the better team but I expect Spain to start to take control now.