Games were anticlimactic and a lot of fans at Wembley were first-time visitors. There is a lot that is ordinary about the team but they will get the benefit of the doubt at the World Cup. The game in Vilnius was over-subscribed but it was a small stadium. The fans agreed it would be nice to face Iceland, Cyprus, Serbia, the Faroe Islands and Latvia in the next qualification group because we haven’t visited them — that is more important than the football. There is little enthusiasm for going…

Source: The Times October 09, 2017 23:03 UTC