Ah yes, football is to be judged on a results-only basis.
Worst World Cup performance? As opposed to the games in 2010 against, say, USA or Algeria? And what happened to the performances in 1974, 1978 and 1994 - when we didn't even qualify?
You have no idea how he delivers his management style, nor how it's received. Just because his public persona is one of quiet intelligence, and that he talks to the players like grown-ups, it doesn't automatically follow he doesn't have an inspirational and commanding presence.
We need a early years coaching to get the players to get up to the level required in the first place. We wouldn't need a 'tactical genius' then.
But, for the sake of this argument - who is this tactical genius of whom you desire?
No, no, no.
It's always the manager's fault. It's vital to England progression on the world stage that the insecure, low-esteem people's need for a scapegoat over-rides all other considerations.
Or something.
But taking that point, and putting it against the original question, the answer is... "it won't make any difference".
And the whole point is that, until the Premier League, FA and Football League merge under one umbrella, offering a focussed, unified approach to the progress of the game in...