He does make some very good points.
Credit where it's due, Alan Shearer has really stepped up his punditry game in the last few years, we guess he's had to with the emergence of Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher etc.
We're not saying that Shearer's opinion is the first one we'd look for but it's no longer generic rant with little or no substance.
Last night, the panel on BBC discussed the shock England result against Iceland, and Alan Shearer weighed in on the debate.
After comparing England to Wales, he made some insightful points where he discredited the popular thought that academies are the reason why England have failed again on the big stage.
