... England don't have the class in their squad to compete on the world stage ... because there are TOO MANY FOREIGN players in the Premier League!
How can the English players progress when they don't get a game.
Just look at the Newcastle teams (players with most appearances) in each of the World Cup years.
Those highlighted in RED are English; those not British or Irish are highlighted in purple.
1982 - Carr, Craggs, Wharton, Clarke, Haddock, Martin, Keegan, McDonald, Varadi, McDermott, Waddle.
NONE
1986 - Thomas, Anderson, McDonald, McCreery, Jackson P, Roeder, Stephenson, Gascoigne, Goddard, Beardsley, Jackson D.
NONE
1990 - Burridge, Watson, Stimson, Aitken, Scott, KRISTENSEN, Brock, Peacock, Quinn, McGhee, O'Brien.
ONE
1994 - SRNICEK, HOTTIGER, Beresford, Venison, Peacock, Howey, ALBERT, Lee, Cole, Fox, Gillespie.
THREE
1998 - Given, Barton, Pearce, DABIDAS, Howey, DOMI, Speed, HAMANN, Lee, Shearer, SOLANO.
FOUR
2002- Given, O'Brien, Bramble, SOLANO, BERNARD, Jenas, Dyer, Speed, ROBERT, Bellamy, Shearer.
THREE
2006 - Given, Carr, Bramble, MOORE, Taylor, Butt, Dyer, Milner, Parker, SOLANO, MARTINS.
THREE
2010 - KRUL, Simpson, Williamson, COLOCCINI, ENRIQUE, Barton, Nolan, TIOTE, GUTIERREZE, Carroll, AMEOBI
SIX
2014 - KRUL, DEBUCHY, Williamson, COLOCCINI, SANTON, TIOTE, SISSOKO, GOUFFRAN, DE JONG, REMY, CISSE
TEN
* Imre Varadi had a foreign name but he was born in Paddington.