On a flipchart inside the dressing room at the Sun Life Stadium in Miami, the FA made sure that England’s players were all on message. ‘We are ready for Italy!!!! !’ was scrawled across it in capital letters. They really believe they are. These are some of the FA’s secrets, one of the rituals Roy Hodgson and various FA officials agree on before the players leave the dressing room to speak with the media. On the left hand side of the chart, Leighton Baines, Jordan Henderson, Joe Hart and Phil Jagielka had been nominated to stop and speak after England’s laboured 0-0 draw with Honduras.
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Players told not to talk about Falklands War
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Flip chart says England could have done better with the ball
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England confident ahead of World Cup opener with Italy
Honduras
Good work out: England were given a tough test by @placeholder in Miami
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Good work out: England were given a tough test by Honduras in @placeholder
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They also looked ahead to the @placeholder when the players chosen for media duty were addressed before they walked out of the England dressing room.