FA launches England DNA blueprint for elite player development | Football | The Guardian.

And then they’ll conquer the world. Well, maybe. I love the first line of the article.

“England plan to unleash a squad of thoughtful footballing RoboCops, capable of enforcing their will and skill despite anything the rest of the world can throw at them.”

It’s an interesting project but one that, as stated, needs the cooperation of the clubs. We know Arsene Wenger’s on board given the growing number of English players in the Arsenal side.

I think the author’s also poking a bit of fun at the fact that the FA states this project isn’t really copying any recent models in terms of how they want to cultivate the youngsters etc. If he’s not, then I am. Sorry. At this point, any nation trying to build from the youth up is copying someone’s recent model. Spanish, German, Dutch doesn’t matter.

What matters is you’re doing it. We’ll see how it works out, I guess.