Bright future for England

With the influx of foreign players and the significant decline of younger homegrown talent making a stamp in the premier league, you wouldn't be disgraced in thinking the worst for the future of the national team.

Sides such as Liverpool, Arsenal and even Portsmouth barely field three Englishman a game, sparking serious concern over where the next generation of players are going to come from.

That could be because English players simply aren’t good enough or managers prefer to look elsewhere in the market, it may be a combination of both.

However looking at the England U21's who go up against Wales tonight I can only think the future is bright for England.

They seem to have a real mix of exciting talents combining pace, skill and power, something I think the national side has sorely missed.

England have always desperately underachieved because, to be honest, as a team there not that good, all their players are far too similar and the team has always been way too one dimensional.

English players generally love a tackle and can run all day, but they've missed a creative spark or that player that can produce a bit of magic.

England has brilliant individual players that look great in the premier league because they all fit a system around different types of talented foreigners.

The U21's seem to have a different look about them and definitely a more exciting aspect to their game.

They have an excellent side that are uneaten in their last 25 games, the kind of form the senior side could only dream of.

Strikers like Ebanks-Blake, Agbonglahor and Frazier Campbell are proven goalscorer's and they all have an exciting blend of pace and power.

They have an abundance of Premiership midfield talent all proven at the top level with players like Tom Huddlestone, Aaron Lennon and Mark Noble.

And defensively their strong with a twin centre back partnership of Micah Richards and David Wheater.

I reckon that’s a side that would hold their own in the very league where so little homegrown talents are getting the chance to play.

So if anyone tells you the future of out national side looks bleak, just tell them to look at our very own 'younger' equivalent.