Silverware: Lampard celebrates with the Champions League trophy in Munich

'But in my opinion man-management is of the utmost importance in top football these days. When you've got a very good squad of players, of course there's training and tactics and stuff which are important. But the man-management issue at Chelsea was the huge thing.

'Robbie took players aside and talked to them and made them feel confident. He brought the best out of them, and when you can do that you've got a chance. If England can do that as a group then I still think we've got a great chance.'

So has Hodgson got enough time to do that? 'I certainly think so,' said Lampard. 'At Chelsea
Robbie did it in a matter of weeks, to beat Napoli and all that. We've got very good players in the squad, so it's not so much a matter of time. The fact that expectations are lower because of that might work in our favour.'

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