Former Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou admits the only reason you would want to avoid coaching England is "the weight of history against them" which never seems to fade.
The Three Lions go into this summer's World Cup off the back of reaching the final in the last major tournament. That was under Gareth Southgate, who reached at least the semi-finals in three of his four tournaments. Thomas Tuchel is now the man in charge.
He has Champions League-winning pedigree but the England job has proved a poisoned chalice ever since their success of 1966. Sven-Goran Eriksson was among Europe's best when he was hired, the same could be said of Fabio Capello, but both men fell short.
This current crop of England stars boast the world's best striker in Harry Kane as well as the likes of Jude Bellingham and Declan Rice. Postecoglou insists working with top players is always a draw, but the pressure and talk of repeating history is a constant background noise.
The Australian said on ITV: "Yeah you would love to manage them because they have got world class footballers, but I have said before the biggest thing they need to overcome is the weight of history against them and the constant talk of that.
"It has been the quietest kind of build up to an England World Cup campaign, you have not felt that kind of hype. That may help them, that may be something that allows them.. because the most important thing right now is Croatia, you get three points and build from that.
"But that weight of history is always going to be looming over them. Thomas Tuchel has spoke about breaking that cycle, but easier said than done.."
Roy Keane claimed that England's elite stars need to be complimented by people thinking highly of them - and stop using the pressure as an excuse when it comes to crunch time.
"You cannot keep making excuses for England when they do not produce in tournaments," said the Irishman. "People talk about pressure and the weight of the jersey. But these are a lot of big players, part of being a top footballer in a top team is dealing with pressure, expectation is good."
