So one country has a plan of action, the other has hidden from reality. The results are predictable…

“They have taken divergent paths since the World Cup, France making a clean break with the past by installing Laurent Blanc and England sticking with Fabio Capello in the hope he could divine the lessons of Bloemfontein. Blanc dispensed with all but one of his backroom staff and hired a psychologist to improve team harmony, whereas Capello’s only concession to change was a promise to employ another English coach who has yet to emerge.”

The French revolution is working, England’s is a work in progress | Football | The Guardian