The main problem for me is the FA. A rotten, old boys club organisation. I don't think we lack the talented players. Next up I think is the media/fans. Players who fail in a penalty shoot-out are subject to too much criticism, which puts more pressure on our players in the next shootout. We should get behind our team, not criticise them. People suggest the players don't care, which I think is nonsense.All true. They've all come back from disappointments and then gone deep into tournaments, if not won them. We've had ALL the disappointments and failures of those teams and more, and nothing changes. We've still not even come CLOSE to winning one. Not even threatened since 96, our home tournament. We don't change - we actually get worse.
I want us to have the best chance of winning, and I don't think Sam is the man to provide that. I agree that we're not Spain and we're not Italy (we couldn't play their styles), but we can play a fast movement game - pressing and counter attacking etc.I don't really mind who we play like, if we can just get our own defined system down and breach our 2nd round / QF glass ceiling once in a while.