England In Crisis - Should Chelsea Play English Players To Benefit The National Team?

With yet another dismal display from England at the 2014 World Cup (one that saw them knocked out in the group stages for the first time since 1958 and still with a game to spare), there has been criticism regarding the fact that there are not many English players playing regularly in the country's top flight. Many pundits have suggested that this is the cause for England’s lacklustre performances in recent tournaments. With that being said, should clubs like Chelsea bow down to the demands of the nation to help England?

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UEFA Under 21 Championships - We coulda been a contender!

 

Let’s play a game I’ve unimaginatively titled “Cut out the middle man”. It basically involves us looking ahead two weeks to the end of the UEFA European Under-21 Championships and pre-empting the latest upcoming inquest into the state of English international football.

The competition will obviously be won by Spain. They have

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Chelsea could loan striker to Premier League club

 

Let’s for the moment agree that the often quoted saying “money isn’t everything” is true and not just something made up by rich folk to make poor people feel less aspirational.

If so, then can someone tell me why on earth Romelu Lukaku

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Spirited to Sophisticated

English players have been criticised in recent history for lacking in creativity. As a football nation, being ‘Spirited’ seems to be our greatest achievement.

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Does the Championship deserve more respect?

With the Championship season kicking off on the same weekend as the Premier League and La Liga it was inevitably going to receive less coverage than the two biggest leagues in European football. However there is no doubt that the league deserves more respect as it is arguably one of the greatest leagues in the world, the slogan more commonly used to describe it's bigger brother.

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