Steve McClaren

And you can never say they're going to win it, they're going to win it, they're going to win it.

Because you look at Argentina the last time.

got beat by Saudi Arabia and still managed to win it.

Imagine the furore if England had done that.

Would they have recovered and gone on from that?

But I think they did and England have to cross that path and been very close and they have an opportunity because I think one, the squad is bigger and better and more balanced but you still need your big players fit.

And who knows about luck and the bounce of the ball?

No one knows about that.

And it is key in all tournaments.

Well, that would be the Russia and the Croatia.

We were fine and we were doing fine and we were going to Russia and we were playing on AstroTurf.

You can't play on AstroTurf in a World Cup qualifier where we just need a draw and we're going through.

You can't play on AstroTurf.

Yeah, in Russia you can.

So we had to play in AstroTurf.

Now, preparing for AstroTurf is very difficult with the players with injuries, knees, black hips.

So we did train on AstroTurf and it was dry.

We went to Russia, took us ages to land.

I always remember we were going...

why are we circling around the airport?