No, I don't think they do. However, even though I don't understand a lot of the decisions he made during the World Cup I am glad that we've stuck with him. He has a proven track record, we don't often stick with managers and give them time after a poor tournament like that and really, who else are we gonna get?
I think the likes of Gerrard, Lamps and as you say, Cole are too good to consider dropping anytime soon just to allow younger players to come through but I hope we don't have the same team in four years time.
We do need a younger squad and I think that should be his main priority, to develop the younger players who may have a couple of World Cups ahead of them. I just don't think that to achieve this, he should just wake up tomorrow and relieve every Engligh player over the age of 30 of their duties. Surely he can still build a team around a few of these players while taking every opportunity to develop the youngsters instead of leaving us with a team that has no hope in hell of beating anybody anyway, because we left the likes of Gerrard at home?
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