Covered here to an extent.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/worldcup/england-world-cup-2014-harry-redknapp-claims-players-didnt-want-to-play-for-the-three-lions-while-he-was-manager-of-spurs-9554872.htmlPart of his opinion was based on the amount of abuse England players get. Beckham springs to mind, after being fouled by Simeone he kicked out and got sent off. Then endured incredible stick for months after.
Look at the comments here. Why would a professional player endure that "aggro" ?
Say he makes a mistake. Has a bad game, gets sent off, misses a sitter or whatever. He'll get slaughtered. How can anyone play the free flowing end to end care free football we demand. And i do mean demand, knowing we will then abuse them if they arse it up?
It's Football. Entertainment. Not life and death.
England players rarely perform as well for England as they do for their clubs. We need to support them through thick and thin so they know they won't get abused if things go wrong. That's not support.
The pundits are as bad. Like they never opposed up anything in their careers. The other team score a goal. Let's say its a brilliant goal. Instantly they're on the defenders back, ignoring the genius of the attacking scorer.
Most of those geniuses play in the premier league by the way.