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@jaw
Genius. People have won Nobel prizes for less.
What he should do is get a bunch of players together that show/have potential and get some big tournament experience and take this tournament as a learning curve. Get them to play together, getting used to new tactics and team mates and get a real thing going. There's proof that it works (Spain, France, Netherlands, Germany, Portugal and even Switzerland to an extent).
Short term vision is worse than no vision. Using the same core of players that the previous three managers failed with at qualifiers and major tournaments is a guarantee for failure. Let's hope I'm wrong but I somehow doubt it.
And yes I agree that expectations are way too high, by both fans and the press corps but surely after the mediocrity of the 2010 WC things must be more realistic now?