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ISRAEL v ENGLAND - TERRY IN UPBEAT MOOD
Captain John Terry has claimed there is "a lot more to come" from England's players after admitting they have underachieved under Steve McClaren.
Terry insisted England can only be satisfied with victory against Israel today as they look to get their European Championship qualifying campaign back on track.
The Chelsea captain was left heart-broken by England's 2-0 defeat against Croatia in Zagreb five months ago, just four days after a woeful home goalless draw with Macedonia at Old Trafford.
Israel have a formidable home record and the 4-3 reversal against Croatia in November was their first in Tel Aviv for seven years.
But England's poor start to the group - they are currently lying in third spot - means Terry will accept nothing less than three points this evening and believes Steve McClaren's players will thrive on the challenge.
Terry said: "I don't think we've ever made out that we are very good. Everyone else has said that but as players we feel we have got a lot more to come.
"We need to do our talking on the pitch and start winning things, start winning games consistently, playing well consistently.
"You watch the game Croatian game over and over again. You try and pinpoint things. You understand why the fans and everyone else is frustrated - and with the friendly against Spain as well.
"It is down to us, not only the 11 players who start but the 18-19 players in the squad to come together."
The pressure is on England but Terry admitted: "I like this sort of game. There is a lot on it. We need to win.
"We are a group of players who want to improve on our last few performances and get back in the table to where we know we belong.
"We know we have underachieved as a group of players since Steve McClaren took over and it is only us who can do something about that.
"We have to win. I don't like to see us where we are in the table. We can't say a draw is a good result. A draw will not be good enough for us.
"Our next four or five games, we need to win them all."
McClaren echoed the belief of Terry that players should be as honest and forthright with each other at international level as when with their clubs.
He said: "It is one of the things you get at club level. There is a degree of respect for each other in that dressing room. There is at club level but you get over that working day in, day out. That is one of the barriers we have to get over.
"To become a team we have to gel together, be honest, respect each other and trust each other. You work towards that and sometimes you work towards that by being honest with each other.
"It is part and parcel of the sport and the game and team play. It is the expectation you have from each other. You get that at club level because you are working together daily.
"When you are only getting together on an irregular basis, sometimes it is difficult to be candid. We have had one or two chats. We will take that forward.
"There is a lot of anger when we lose. Maybe it is not expressed. Sometimes you don't meet up again for another six weeks. You have to bottle the anger and take it into the next game."
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