From my personal experience my brothers son was not included in the under 7's squad due to lack of pace but not to include him due to his superior technique. Doing this also eliminates all the technical youngsters out and makes the grass routes football highly flawed in this country. I suggest we should review what is best for football being fast and furious (our premiership) or being technical (laliga , french league ,italian league ,portuguese league). Grass routes footballing bodies should review which assets are more important and would benifit our international game.
Our premiership is the best in the world. I personally wouldn't have it any other way. Watching italian football is boring. Watching Spanish football all that goes through my head is how slow and lazy they all look. Haven't watched too much french or portugeuese football but I bet I'd prefer the prem. Maybe I'm just set in my ways but I love the style of football we have here. Skill, but at pace.
What's all this crap I'm hearing about foreign football being slow? Jesus guys stop listening to those spectators on sky sports and watch a damn foreign game once in a while, you'll notice they're not slow! Man, if anything is slow it's the English game! No wonder our nation sucks at International football if this is how the majority think.