Lineker Doc tomorrow evening.
Simple answer is probably, Yes, in the same way that we could be wiped out by a meteorite strike before then.
Is it likely?
I think most people have swept the appalling mess of (and its root causes) WC 2010 under the carpet.
Have there been changes implemented to the structure of the English game?
Will Burton centre be ready to produce changes in time for 2014?
As T Brooking says, We need more skill better coaches and a willingness to change.
Anyone seen any of this?
We already know England has 2,679 coaches holding Uefa's A, B and Pro licences: Spain has 23,995, Italy 29,420 and Germany 34,970.
Thats a long way to catch up.
How many times do we have to hear this type of quote from Carlos Alberto
"Unless you change your whole approach to football, nothing will get better." before something actually happens?
Meanwhile football fans focus on their respective Brentford's, hoping that someone somewhere will fix the mess in time for the press- (and souvenier salesmen-) orchestrated hype that 2014 will be 'our' year
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Similar to Venables, not FA material, bit of a marmite man but seems to get results.
I don't know how old you are, but I don't think it will happen in my lifetime either!
Been done...
England win World Cup...
Given the above statement, I hope Redknapp is appointed when Capello leaves in 2012.
At most one World Cup semi-final between now and 2030 in my opinion. But that won't change what the media say.
Could be another clough though and be overlooked.
Cant believe Sam Allardyce's name is always banded about. Capello is a fantastic manager undoubtedly but i think the England manager should be English and think Redknapp is the main contender.
Would mean more to win it with an English manager than with a Sven or Capello I think.
Could he be a successful Venebals, I wonder
Not true, we've beaten the Germans, French & Argies at the finals. Possibly more?
At the end, Lineker said 'it'd take time', and brought back the lesson of the long-term plans at Germany, Spain and France, but didn't say what needed to be said (ie nothing will happen in the next 15 years, but if we start now, maybe in 20 years' time). It then went to a montage of pundits saying that England will be in with a chance of winning in 2014.
It's what sells papers and earns advertising revenue for the TV, but total jank.
And the hopeful comparison that if the Spanish can turn it round in a decade, then we should be able to.
But the Spanish have always had the basic skills which our players lack.
It certainly seems so, but they won nothing for over 40 years until the changes.
They appear to be more intrested in Z list 'pop star' girl friends, snorting coke, night clubs, cars, thier ego's,, do I need to go on ?
Then again given enough time and typewriters monkeys would come up with a Shakespeare play.
That's why it took them eighty years to win the world cup, obviously... Or are you saying they are born with the skills, in which case all the previous posts about the standard of coaching in Spain are not really relevant.
Fact is they have a lot of good players at the moment, their coaching set up is obviously working. That said I did not particularly enjoy watching them during the world cup, and football is ultimately an entertainment industry after all.
I am sure the Spanish players are on the same kind of wages Andy, but they seem to be able to still look like they give a toss on the field... And maybe we are being a bit unfair, after all we don't get to hear in the British press/media what Spanish players get up to in their own country, and the headline grabbers are actually few and far between when you get right down to it - the tabloids make a one day story last a month, so it seems worse than it is.