Hodgson will be remembered for wrong reasons, but his successor must not let some good work go to waste

As the Football Association begins its search for the next England manager, there are positive foundations Roy Hodgson built that they would be wise not to discard – even amid the disappointment surrounding their elimination from Euro 2016.

For once, as Hodgson spoke of his optimism surrounding England's future – not that the abject performance in the 2-1 defeat by Iceland remotely demonstrated it – there was reason to agree instead of accepting his views as an outgoing manager's routine spin.

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