Does anyone else get a sneaking feeling about Roy’s England?

On the face of it, swapping Capello for Hodgson and telling the latter to wing it after a few weeks’ preparation might not seem the smartest route to Euro glory.

But this, after all, is a season in which conventional managerial norms appear to have counted for little across the water.

Roberto Mancini stands on the brink of glory despite, in his dealings with Carlos Tevez and Mario Balotelli, laughing in the face of every sensible technique managers usually employ to keep morale on an even keel.