No, he is right.
International football has to change if it wants to be number 1 again, who wants to see England Vs Norway?
This break is completely pointless and rubs the whole of Europe up the wrong way, the seasons have just started, the window has just shut and we have just had a fantastic world cup - why do we need more, I imagine the players are sick of it as well.
I agree the qualifying games could start later. They don't need to start so soon after the previous tournament. But, as for opposition England will pretty much always be stuck with lesser European nations in real games so I'm not sure what Roy's point is. Is he suggesting England organize a raft of glamour friendlies every season? If England repeatedly perform badly they'll lose their seeding so the qualifying group will feature a big-gun but I'm not sure this is what Roy wants.