I think it's always difficult to go against people with big match experience in finals.

When you're a leader and a manager, you have to make decisions which are right for your group to achieve the primary objective. Sometimes those decisions will be criticised.

I want my players to enjoy playing football and not be scarred by the experiences.

I manage every player as well as I possibly can, regardless of which club they're from, what their roots are.

My sole focus is producing the best team possible for England.

I'm committed to England, simple as that. I don't need to hedge my bets in keeping doors open or keeping things alive.

You can never say you've 'made it,' because that's the day you stop progressing and improving.

You always have to be conscious of how your words can provide motivation to the opposition.

Whenever people speak, you give the opposition the opportunity to use those words as they see fit.

I am not sure I will ever wear a waistcoat again, frankly!

If we are encouraging kids to go into academies, then presumably we are selling them the dream that they can play first-team football.

It's very difficult to pick a 17-year-old who's had 10 minutes of first-team football. You're talking about replacing senior players with some 17-year-olds who haven't played Premier League football.

I don't think the qualifying fixtures excite people. They're games against countries that we are expected to beat, rightly so, and then how many we score dictates whether it's a good performance or not.

I don't know how you get in the England squad without getting in the Arsenal team.

In every position on the field, there's really strong competition.

You expect the players to fight for their club and fight for their shirt, and when they come together, they are fighting for England.

You give everything you have, build friendships within your team - in international football, you give everything for your country and play in a way that you hope connects with the fans.

My priority is, do my players feel supported from within their dressing room by their own federation?

My players' feeling is the most important thing for me.

Whenever you're in an England shirt, you have an opportunity to make history.

My job is to allow people to dream. Make the impossible seem possible.

When the positions of so many managers is precarious, and there isn't long-term stability, I can understand why they are loath to risk.

I think we have seen evidence that being brave enough to go abroad can lead to a proper opportunity.

The quality of our academy system is very high, as good as anything in the world. Around the country, lots of people in youth development are keen to get together and find a solution to that 17-to-21 age bracket and how we get those players playing.