Chairman Quote by Daniel Finkelstein

England are very light up front. Eriksson's decision not to include Jermaine Defoe can be declared an error of judgment, regardless of Rooney's situation.…

— Matt Dickinson

The players can associate playing for England with enjoyment, fun, and not being under siege and feeling everything is against them. There's an energy…

— Gareth Southgate

Every striker from England I know is the same; they're greedy and they want to get goals.

— Bradley Wright-Phillips

Sven's actual results on the park were not quite good enough to make him a hero, and not quite bad enough to get him…

— Declan Lynch

Rooney has those things that you cannot teach players - the positions he takes up just behind the front men is a European trait,

— John Toshack

You look at the way some of the big English players in the past, like Rooney and David Beckham, have been criticised and you…

— Sven-Goran Eriksson

Playing with wingers is more effective against European sides like Brazil than English sides like Wales.

— Ron Greenwood

The combination of an out-of-control tabloid press and a readership that thrills to the destruction of the England head coach is something no other…

— Simon Barnes

When you look at the caliber of players in the England squad and their ability, why should we go into the tournament fearing anyone?

— Frank Lampard

Foreign managers, sometimes it'll take them time to adapt or for the players to adapt to them. It's something that is just one of…

— Danny Rose

The pundits in England want to score, they want to show they are worth the money, and for that Manchester United is an easy…

— Erik ten Hag

The fear for English players has always been that you might risk a place in the national team if you go abroad but now…

— Eniola Aluko