England Expects

[Thunderblaster]

Did anybody watch that programme on Wednesday night, narrated by Graham Taylor, on ITV? I thought that it was a very good programme, and it brought some issues into the open.

[Lionel Ritchie]

Missed it. Always liked Taylor -and not just for the delictable feast of entertainment he served up during his time with England. Oh does he not like that!:) What was it about ...from the title I'm guessing tab-fuelled hysteria.

[Thunderblaster]

What was it about ...from the title I'm guessing tab-fuelled hysteria.

The expectancy of England winning trophies at every tournament, the pressure on the players and the management, particularly from the media, the decline in home-grown talent and why the media builds up and knocks down players.

[centre mid]

I liked the way every past manager blamed the media intrusion and the fans expectations as reasons why they failed, never mind their own shortcomings. Bringing Theo Walcott to a major tournament before he had played in the Arsenal first team, mind bogling.