That is why a less talented German side, who to quote Sean Ingle ” has no players Chelsea or Arsenal would want” consistently beats England with lesser players.

Take the national team I am most familiar with, the US. We do not have a single player except Landon Donovan strong or technical enough to make the top 50 pool players for England. I laugh when people talk about Clint Dempsey or Carlos Bocanegra. Those of us who watch the PL realize those two would have never once been called into the England team. Yet the US has a system we play which the players understand and thrive in. It is different from the system at their clubs but unlike English players they can make the adjustment without Gerrard/Lampard like conflicts. In fact the US has been successful beating Mexico 9 of the past 11 meetings despite having far inferior talent to Mexico at every position on the field and looking completely helpless and outclassed against Mexico in the first half of every match we play them in. The second half where counter attacking really kicks in is where we beat them.

This summer like a previous poster stated I fancy Romania to make noise, and perhaps also a nice little run from Poland as well.

They do however have the best league in the world… filled with foreign stars. But instead of complaining about the amount for foreigners in the PL maybe the English should buckle down and try harder. Or try going across the pond.