Like the rest of us, he has World Cup memories.
He had his first one in 1998. It was Michael Owens goal. I can't remember all of it except for that goal and David Beckham's red card. I recall more of 2002. Ronaldinha scored over David Seaman. When I was at school, you were getting up to watch it.
It has been twenty years since Coady was in the England squad.
He can't wait anymore.
Since we qualified, everyone has been excited. The game against San Marino was insane. Since that day, we have been happy. The country is happy. There are a lot of reasons why it is different. We know what it's like. It is a world cup.
His enthusiasm is infectious as he talks to Sky Sports. It's part of the appeal with Coady.
He has barely made a mistake on the field. England have scored 30 goals and conceded three. Even though he didn't play, Steve Holland called him the player of the tournament.
He is in charge. During his second appearance for England, he wore the captain's armband, and in only his sixth game for the club, he did the same.
Wolves allowed him to leave.
He paused for a while before he answered. That doesn't happen a lot. He is a talker. He wants to get his words right for the club that he played for for seven seasons, the last four of them as their captain in the premier league
I have heard a lot about how I did not fight for my place. That was not what it was. The Wolves told me what they wanted. It took some time before he got the clarity he was looking for.
I'm a big fan of Wolves. I really like it. I love the people there, I love the players there, and I love the supporters there. I could tell that something wasn't right when I returned for pre-season.
It was odd. Being involved in pre-season for so long, and being a massive part of it. No one talked to me about what was happening or how things were going to change.
I wanted to be involved but I was getting the feeling that it wouldn't happen. It was possible for me to tell what was happening. I've been watching football for a long time but I needed someone to give me a heads-up and nobody was doing that.
I spoke to the manager after I had talked to myself. He was willing to listen to what I had to say and the club agreed I could go. I was asking what the situation was going to be and not asking to leave.
Bruno Lage wanted to switch to a back four. It was thought that Coady wasn't suited to the role. After the former captain left, Lage lost his job.
People were so desperate for change that the formation went under the radar. The formation brought us a lot as a football club because people were looking for improvements and looking to evolve.
I played the sweeper for a long time at Wolves and we played it well as a team. The formation we learned helped us because we were so smart in how we were playing.
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