Has FA Coaches Association lead English football into a blind alley?

In the group stages of the Champions League 2008 the
following nationalities was registered to play:

Brazilians
85                       Play futsal as
part of schools curriculum, several times world futsal champions.

French 65                            Want all junior
plays to get 2 hours futsal experience weekly. 
Zidane expected to step down (or up) to national French futsal team.

Italians 56                           70%
of registered players are futsal players

Spaniards 56                      won
last 2 futsal world cups, futsal pitches everywhere.

Germans 43                        Slow
like England to embrace futsal.

Portuguese 43                   Juniors
and seniors play futsal everywhere.

Turks 36                               Futsal
nation.

English 30                            Just scratching
futsal surface, miles behind the rest of the world.  Number of English (British) players in
Premiership or UEFA Cup, all competitions is dropping alarmingly.  This is a long term trend not a short term
blip.

Stats taken
from a Michel Platini article in Daily Mail (Sunday 30^th March)

Has FA
Coaches Association lead English football into a blind alley?  Forums for your thoughts.

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