English Football

Greg Dyke recently outlined his vision for English Football. 

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23953186

 I would like to see something like the model you have in Cricket and Rugby. Centrally contracted players. 

 An elite squad of English players are selected and contracted to the FA. The FA pay the contract the players negotiate with their holding club (almost like a loan). When the player isn't on England duty, he returns to the club side and they pay his wages. 

 England then organise more competitive games to play throughout the season. Not friendlies but 'test' series. The players get more experience playing together and get to play at the highest level more often. 

 Clubs may get fed up with their players being absent a lot but it encourages them to develop youth players and have genuine depth in the quad that doesn't rely on international players - because over time all the FAs would move to central contracts out of necessity to be able to compete with England. 

More players, playing more football = more quality and deeper pool of talent to pick from. 


Clubs would then - over time - start to view internationals returning to their squads as a bonus. A welcome influx of super players that return during a hard season to provide much-needed personnel boosts. What club would say no to having Jack Wilshire suddenly become available? Over time, you could even move to an 'NFL draft' type model where all the nations give clubs draft picks for their players... 

 You only have to look at Leicester RFC as an example in Rugby. They are developing generations of English talent at their club whilst still competing in the domestic and European competitions

 You could even change the rules around registrations so that centrally contracted players don't count as a full registration... The FA can also provide incentives to clubs to produce players for their national squad by giving the club a sign on fee when they contract them? Money drives behaviour.... :)

 Just a thought... If we plan to be competitive any time soon, I think radical action is needed. Can we be thought leaders in football again?

 Cheers,

 Chancey

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