Quote Originally Posted by Sir C View Post
Here's a tiny clue. Ever since the early 70s people have been saying that English football needs to get over its obsession with running around a lot at the expense of technique, and try to coach some skill into young players, yet nothing at all has changed.
I think it has changed a bit. England now have a system intended to produce more technical players from an early age which has produced success at youth levels. And simultaneously, the senior side reaches a semi-final for the first time in a generation.

Marginal gains, at least.