From The Pavilion

A recent topic was about how much interest in National sides there is in FTP. I don't expect much of a response as the site isn't that active but I am interested in other managers perspectives.
There is currently 38 National managers and a further 81 assistants currently involved. Thats 119 managers from a pool of about 1150 managers. Approx 10%
Then there is the managers who train the players selected in National squads and have them in their club squads, they may or may not support a country but they likely have an extra interest in their selected players development and performance. Each National squad of 30 has a decent turnover of players during a season and I wouldn't have a clue how many extra managers that involves but I do believe there is a decent number of managers who aspire to have a player in a National squad.
I think the numbers are healthy with room to grow and that there is a growing interest in comparison to 10 seasons ago.
What are your thoughts? Please keep the comments respectful. How much interest is there and how much should there be?

I probably wouldn't play the game without international cricket, I have much more interest in trying to create players for a small nation and making them better.

Being an international manager I always ask people about players training and work with them to try and get the best player for them, 99% respond respectfully and if they say they arent interested then thats fine. I have sent over 100 mails this season and only had 2 responses of people who are not interested. that is 98 against 2 so from that small sample size, I would say people are interested. If I get any rude responses then I just reply with tongue in cheek comments haha.

Running a national team takes some time and commitment which is probably the issue with getting people involved. FTP in my view would be a lot worse off without the international team scene. Although I would say it needs a shake up, and I have to admit, I do beleive the compensation for selected players should be hire.