The player can only compete with the best internationally when they've committed themselves to this goal. They have to be properly supported until that point.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Every player wants to be as complete as possible and goals for a central midfielder are very important.
You want the best players to be on form come the Euros.
There is a great responsibility on the team to perform well, because our supporters and the whole of the country are expecting us to do just that.
In international football, you need pace and you need your players up top to create things out of nothing and run at people.
I think that the World Champion should try to defend the quality of play more than anyone else.
The work of a team should always embrace a great player but the great player must always work.
As an international sportsman, I am very lucky to be supported by people all over the world, many of who treat me as one of their own, no matter what their nationality, or indeed mine. This is the way sport should be.
It is a great boost for confidence in a squad when there is not just one or two players scoring goals, but the whole team is contributing.
You have to consistently be successful to be one of the top players in the world, and everything is possible in life.
The team's aims are do to the best we can basically.
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