For the last 4 or 5 tournaments England have gone into, there has been a general public and media expectation that they have a divine right to win it.

For example, the squad of the 2006 World Cup was labelled 'The Golden Generation', as it featured such Premier League 'stars' as John Terry, Steven Gerrard, Ashley Cole and Wayne Rooney, along with captain David Beckham.

But as we all know, things haven't always turned out that way; Euro 2000 ended in the group stage, before 2002, 2004 and 2006 all ended in quarter final tears. It only got worse for Euro 2008, not even qualifying, before World Cup 2010 which was the worst of them all, only 1 win, 1-0 against Slovenia.

This year we have no captain, no Rooney, no set formation and we have only just appointed a manager, and nobody thinks he's any good.

But things will be different at Euro 2012: because of all this, no-one will expect anything, and there won't be the usual media hype over England's Euro chances, which can only help the team.







