England coach Roy Hodgson doesn't know how to respond to the backing of the FA.
Sven-Goran Eriksson is one of those that feels Hodgson is fortunate to keep his job, with the former England boss claiming a foreigner would have been sacked if they had overseen such a woeful campaign.
Asked if in such a brutal trade he felt fortunate to get such backing from his employers, he told a packed press conference: "It's a good question and I don't know how to answer it, really.
"Of course I am very pleased to have had that backing. Scapegoats are always necessary in times of failure and one understands that after being in football for a long time.
"But one would like to think that the work that you do is judged over a long period of time and it's not quite so cynical that you work for two years, you work every day, you do a lot of things in terms of preparation and it all boils down to the referee deciding whether you should or shouldn't have a penalty.
"You'd like to think that the people who are judging you are judging you on your ability, what you bring to the job and what qualities you have and what you can do for them going forwards."
