article_snippet.sent: According to the newspaper, the five former Three Lions bosses warn the English game will suffer if the English game blocks the proposals from Greg Dyke and the FA's England Commission. '
article_snippet.sent: a letter addressed to Dyke, the Daily Telegraph reports adds: 'Failure to do so risks England falling further behind the leading football nations and will only make it harder to end the long wait to win the World Cup.'
article_snippet.sent: Only 81 of the 220 Premier League starters in the last round of matches were eligible for England selection - a fairly pitiful 36.8 per cent.
article_snippet.sent: Former England managers (clockwise) Glenn Hoddle, Kevin Keegan, Steve McClaren and Sven-Goran Eriksson add: 'There are many reasons why England has failed to win any major honours since 1966 and each of us bears a portion of that responsibility. '
article_snippet.sent: However, as the England Commission's evidence has demonstrated, the pool of English talent playing at the very top level is shrinking and the pool of English talent playing at the very top level's an undeniable fact that this is a clear disadvantage for any England manager.'
article_snippet.sent: A draw for England in Italy on Tuesday was a respectable result, and Roy Hodgson's team have encountered no trouble in Roy Hodgson's team Euro 2016 qualifying group to date, winning all five of Roy Hodgson's team matches.