Double post
I am looking at Iceland, they have beaten the Dutch (who only a year ago were semi finalists at the world cup) twice in the current European Champs qualifiers and will most likely qualify.
Iceland has a population of just 330,000 with roughly 20,000 adults playing football (including women). Whats even more impressive is that they have just 16,500 adult males who are registered to play.
We have more players, a bigger population, weather conditions that are more football friendly than Iceland so why cant we be a better team on the world stage?