In defence of the England players, they've hardly had a very stable coaching set up. Coaches coming and going like bloody buses. One week doing one thing, then all change. So these lads have to first adapt from what their clubs want from them to what England want, and then that keeps changing. No wonder they are struggling to be consistent. If we really are to turn things around we must have a set, consistent, and top quality coaching team in place. I am no expert in coaching, but I suspect it would be fair to say that our coaches would be way down the pecking order on the international scene. That surely creates somewhat of a glass ceiling for the players. How can they reach their full potential when the team coaching them doesn't have the skills to get them there?
Maybe I'm being unfair on the incumbent set up, but it always seems like there's plenty of talent to work with, it just never comes together.
