Everton duo feature as England U19s win again

We clearly do – this same age-group with Ledson and Kenny won the U-17s Euros a few years ago (on penalties no less).

I pray that we afford them the opportunity to develop because the talent is there for all to see (as France and Holland have just found out).

Anthony Dwyer (@2) – Connolly went over badly on his ankle against France, no break but some ligament damage by the look of things.

Why do we find it difficult to continue excellent success at the lower levels to success at the senior level? Some say they are coached out of using any of the skills that they can show at junior level to fit into the turgid and clueless systems that English national teams revert to under committee rule.

Yes to Steve Bruce as England's manager, I think he would be great.

We've tried the so-called best foreign and English club coaches and they weren't up to the job. I think the correct choice will be the most unlikely, such as a small club coach who has done well with limited available talent (the situation in England). Steve Bruce is a personable bloke who did well at Wigan – the side our Barcelona level clown of a coach took down.

I agree the manager should be English, I think they should play an 'English'-style although we can struggle to explain what that is.

One of England's biggest problems is an identity crisis. Despite constant accusations of arrogance from other nations, England's recent history is one of assuming someone else is better than us in every way, then trying to copy them. In the 90s it looked like being the Dutch for a while, until we hammered them in Euro '96 (they were lucky to only lose 4-1). Then it's been the Spanish and the Germans.

We need to play an English way, one that the players are not only used to, but that is completely natural to them. They shouldn't be 'trying to do something' when playing for England, they should be naturally doing it.

The problem is, our current players are being brought up in a variety of ways. The one thing I wish English players had was the German sense of footballing intelligence and tactical awareness. German players don't look to their coach for instructions, they take decisions themselves on the field. To be fair to Greg Dyke, he's identified this as part of the FA's plan, although how you instil it into often unintelligent teenage footballers, I'm not sure.

I'll settle for any manager who can make us defend well, attack with intent, be strong on set pieces and retain possession when necessary.

At the Euros, the likes of Henderson, Wilshere, Stones, Barkley, Sterling etc should have been no where near the squad. Players on form like Noble and Defoe were overlooked, presumably because they didn't play for a 'big' side or weren't overhyped like Stones and Barkley.

There's also the question of hunger. It may just be my perception but a number of players just don't seem to have the drive and hunger to put the international shirt on as in the past. Maybe the £50k+/week wage by the age of 20/21 and the fear of abuse they'll get from the fans and media have had an effect. There's definitely something very wrong when a team of supposed 'stars' from a country with a 60m population is beaten by Iceland in the knockout stages of a tournament.

Rooney earns more in a year than the entire Euro 2016 Iceland squad put together!

The big names are usually big because they're good (Wilshere a massive exception to this) and successive managers have adhered to the old adage that 'class is permanent, form is temporary'. You don't need any conspiracy theory to explain this.

Once the players get into the Premier League, it's big-time Charlie time and the media don't help by putting some players on pedestals and trying to undermine others.

We need a strong manager in the Allardyce mould who makes his own decisions. I would also have Eddie Howe as his sidekick to develop and be a natural successor. These two would definitely knock some of the egos into shape and stop the cliques.

Agree we lack the football intelligence of The Germans, but having an identity crisis really can't help matters.

I always think, it's how you are taught when you are young, when winning shouldn't matter so much, as long as you are gaining a good education.

Teach the kids that it's more important to learn, than win, but as Jay says, our young kids are getting that rich, it really doesn't matter when they fail.