You could go mad trying to figure out what needs to be done and where things went wrong.
What are we not doing now that we did in the 50's and 60's? I don't think a lot of money was ploughed into coaching then but we did have raw materials that we don't seem to have now. Is it a symptom of the modern age where you don't see kids having 'kickabouts' in the street anymore?? Surely we aren't the only country with this problem? Rather that professional coaching, manageable numbers, excellent facilities....we maybe need to provide areas in as many neighbourhoods as possible that provide for over-subscribed 'matches', poor surfaces, goals the size of garden gates etc!! Just get kids playing football again. Once coaches have an intake of youngsters that have acquired the skills, then we could tackle the problem we seem to have of mentality, attitude, maturity when compared against other countries. Marc Wotte ended up slagging off our youngsters as being more interested in burgers and Buckfast - a line fed to him if ever there was one! He was thanked for his services of course. Interesting that Germany doubled the coaches budget after a failed tournament. I wonder who and how many are making these decisions in Germany? Here - we create a job for a single guy who must be good cos he's Dutch!......and gave a top job to Gordon Smith (a personal gripe)....cos he 'knew fitba'.....oh and could talk well in front of the camera. It's an absolute joke. More people need to be involved with the bigger decisions and even at Scottish government level.