+x+x+xI can't search on my mobile for past threads. I think the website needs a update. Anyways Uzbekistan are beating England in the 89th min it's possibld you can be reading this when the match is over. Asia is catching up fast to the rest of the world U17s football is wild mate... often very unpredictable results I wouldn't read too much into it... I agree Asian countries are catching up though, just wish we were part of the same rise in talent sometimes.... If AFL, Rugby League, Rugby Union & Cricket didn't exist, we'd be the best in Asia. Somehow get the kids playing Football instead of the other 4 sports mentioned, would be a massive start. But we already have 1 million kids playing football - even if the figures are bogus and its only 1/2 a million.... thats still almost the whole population of a country like Luxembourg, who went toe to toe with Portugal and Slovakia and are in a knockout to maybe make the Euros next year.... They have an ageing population, and accounting for gender and age groups would struggle to have maybe a playing pool of 5-10 thousand players to pick from ... Funnily enough even they manage to have a football pyramid with pro/relegation amongst 5 national levels of club competition but thats another story Other sport's participation is NO EXCUSE. We have enough players they are just not coached or developed to a sufficient level to keep up with the rest of the world....
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