Despite this being a 40-minute debate, the question of “can England win the next World Cup?” could have been answered with Gary Lineker looking pensively at the screen after the opening titles and saying “no.” Cut to credits, cue Match of the Day 2 and another loss for Liverpool.

Instead, Can England Win the Next World Cup? was more of a series of interviews conducted by the velvet owl for the BBC, looking at how the England team could possibly improve after their disastrous showing at the last tournament where they managed to scrape through the group stages only to be humiliated by Germany. So cut to Terry Venables, cue much conjecture on what might happen next and more head shaking about how Fabio Capello is the most expensive manager in football.

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So first Lineker decided to compare the current England set-up to Spain, once football’s greatest underachievers and now the highest ranked team in the sport. It’s a bit of an unfair starting point considering that they are currently the dominant force in football and at a level England dream to be at, but at least it was a chance for the host to travel to nice locations.

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