Mixed response to FA chief's 2022 World Cup win target
There has been a mixed response from football journalists to the target set by new FA chairman Greg Dyke for England to reach the Euro 2020 semi finals and win the 2022 World Cup:
Dyke has 4 years at FA before hits 70 so targets will be someone else's millstone. Unnecessary grandstanding in otherwise important speech
@sistoney67 bet England fans are pleased to here they can forget about the next two
Dyke's speech told us what we knew about #eng woes. What is radical is the FA has a chairman with the toughness to tackle the crisis
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