"For me, a late start was a good thing. A lot of kids who start too early get bored. I'd done all the..." — Jaap Stam

It's football, you work with humans and humans make mistakes. We will do everything in our power to prepare the players so they know to make the right decision at the right times.

I want to reach something with a team and go to the highest level.

It is important for me to believe in a team that has ambition. I want to go up and work towards something. I don't want to work in the grey areas and say it is nice to end up 10th or 11th and keep on doing that every year.

Far too often English players seem determined to keep running after getting a whack on the leg, even though the chance to get a shot in has gone.