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Why do England fail when it really matters?
KADEEM SIMMONDS attempts to dissect and explain why former and current managers are unable to get the best out of the national side
I hadn’t planned on writing this for another 12 months. Not until Roy Hodgson led England to another group stage defeat at a major tournament.
But then the supporters and media stirred up enough belief that this would be the year that England stepped up and lifted a meaningful trophy, their first since 1966.
With the inquest well under-way as to why Stuart Lancaster couldn’t guide his side through the group stage, with home advantage, the question is once again: why are England so bad?
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