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Playing competitive games on a full sized pitch has not stopped the Dutch producing a disproportionate amount of quality footballers, the problems in England and the FA run far deeper than that. First and foremost it's about facilities. Any given shithole in the Netherlands will have at least 2 amateur clubs that have 4 professionally maintained pitches + 2 training pitches and these days a artificial pitch thrown in for good measure. They must have FA qualified coaches etc. it's all highly organised and competitive.
The main emphasis is on technique until the age of 14, when they've already played on a full sized pitch for 4 years and each year the clubs will cull lesser talented players from the top group.