Leading article: Fantasy football
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Calls for the manager to go miss the point in the same way. There are hard questions to be answered about the English game: about the bringing-on of young players; about whether the international glamour of the Premiership inhibits such development; about the lack of a winter break in the English season which creates an ingrained cumulative tiredness; about whether national football is sufficiently prioritised to enable top players to play enough together to become a top team.
Whoever prepares England for the next major tournament – whether that is Mr Capello or someone else – has some profound structural questions to address.
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