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So Where Are England At?

Taking stock of things before the Euros.

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Grace Robertson
Apr 03, 2021
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In the last 20 years of the England national team there have been, broadly speaking, two ways for a manager to fail.

The first is by overly indulging the big name players. Sven-Göran Eriksson was famous for this one. He had a mostly successful template in the 2002 World Cup, but it quickly became obvious that a young Wayne Rooney was a much more exciting…

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