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I assume he has the same amount of time with his players as other international managers. Look at how well Italy works as a team, their manager understands tactics.
It probably helped that he was able to pick a back 3 and keeper that all play together at club level.
They have an understanding developed over years of playing together, rather than a 10 day get together every 3 months.
If you can get the foundations of a team that is solid, you can gamble with the rest of it.
There's a unity and spirit in that squad.
Our players are too busy worrying about their Gilette/Head & Shoulders/Adidas/Nike adverts...
Our squad was a bunch of individuals.