They and their management team smile and joke among themselves and clearly enjoy each other's company. Regrettably, the English football team and their management appear quite the opposite, looking serious, tense, nervous, never smiling with no hint of a united or a happy team.
With elimination from the World Cup threatened, the footballers and their management could do worse than follow the example of their successful cricket counterparts.
TIM JACKSON
Whim Road
Gullane, East Lothian