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Yeah, win or lose tonight my attitude has definitely changed and I now see the benefits of having a manager that has gone through the ranks and brought the players on from more junior levels. I think my disillusionment was with the old duffer Hodgson that had not only stagnated but taken us back...

Nothing in my original post to suggest I was anything but disenfranchised with the whole England set up. He was mug enough to take it on and surprised the bloody lot of us!

Correct, thank you.

What?

I understand your sentiments but I wouldn't hold my breath on England. QFs to me are still failure but fortunately I don't care any more.

Wasn't our 'golden era' a shower of sh!t though?

He did take it on didn't he? Interim after Jock Wallace died?

But if you look at Rugby Union and Cricket it is all about the national side. As much as I like both sports I haven't a scooby what club they play for. Football seems to be different, it is a distraction to these players, it seems, not an honour.

Alf Ramsey is the man.

Ok new question, who really cares about the England team any more? I don't, just a summer distraction every two years.

He said he wasn't interested, not sure he actually turned it down.

He wants to know in the next couple of weeks where he stands. To be fair, the poisoned chalice that is the England manager seems to me to be a job best suited for him. No-one is mug enough to take it on except Southgate, I kind of commend him for that. I have become so disenfranchised with the...