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Bouncebackability ?
I wish I had an answer! I'm hugely disappointed at our failure to qualify, but to be honest with you, it's been coming. I am not one of those arrogant enough to think England has a divine right to qualify and win every competition we enter; but obviously as a fan, of course I still feel let down.
England's results speak for themselves over the last 18 months, and I think you can put our failure down to a number of things; whilst you can't solely blame the FA, the management, the players, the tactics, they all have contributed. There have been some poor decisions made in each of those areas at different times, appointments, selections, tactics.
Perhaps something good will come out of this. Perhaps we will look at things like culture of junior football (get away from win at all costs and focus on developing and nurturing skills and talent instead). Maybe we will consider ways to ensure more homegrown players get chances to play first team football at the top level, and maybe we will start to come away from relying too heavily on individuals and start to select teams that can play certain systems.
Hopefully this episode represents us hitting the bottom, the only way now, is up.
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