Flower may well be, in coaching terms, the best man to rebuild the England team.
He added: "Leon's very young still in coaching terms and experience on the men's side of the game.
The reference to "the dark ages" will cut through Hodgson, who likes to think of himself as modern in coaching terms, but Lineker's words carry weight and merit - and he will have taken no pleasure in saying them.
The three firms are hardly alone in unveiling new high-tech swimsuits to rival the Speedo LZR, which an Italian coach termed "technological doping".
He is, in basketball-coach terms, both young and handsome, and he reportedly made millions from the sale of a health-care software company where he worked in between stints as an assistant coach in the pros and college.
"It's a defining year because we're two years out from the World Cup and we have got consistency in the coaching team in terms of selection," added Lancaster, whose team will also face Argentina and New Zealand this autumn.
Gattuso joined the Sicilian club this summer after a spell as a Sion player-coach last term.
He was built, even then, like a bull, almost beyond coaching in terms of adding to skills that came naturally.
The quality of coaching, in terms of skills and tactics, is probably better than in past generations, but it is also narrower.
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