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I hate to say I told you so but the signs were there
KADEEM SIMMONDS argues that given the current set-up around English football, Monday night’s result isn’t exactly an isolated incident and he can’t see things improving any time soon

Would anyone mind if I reprinted Simmonds Speaks from last week because the point still stands about England.

I wrote that: “You can see Ronaldo scoring a hat-trick, England limping out and Hodgson leaving the national side in no better shape than what he inherited.”

So it wasn’t Portugal, it was Iceland. But England limped out and Hodgson left.

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