Trouble is with English football and the international teams is that no matter what level you play at, you have to BUILD a team. The England Senior team has never had a team in my lifetime that's been built around certain players. Pissin' try it!
They should do it now with these U21s, breed them into a top regular team, as those in the first team have proven time and time again that they are shit and aren't offering much in terms of a team performance. You can't just throw good players together in their positions and expect a performance, unless they're Brazilian.
Germany's the best example. Basically used the U21s team that won this competition in 2009 and then twatted and embarrassed us in 2010.