It doesn't and I agree with you it is debatable whether the National Team was ever any good.
It is however mildly ironic that one of the reasons given for the break away of the Premier League was that it would improve the national team.
It shouldn't be a difficult debate to have. International...
It's more complex than that.
At some point in the past the teams in Division One decided to break away. Sky got involved and the availability of lots of live games (something in the the UK we were deprived of) pumped millions into the game.
Something clicked between the gung ho nature of...