Sven-Goran Eriksson has finally snapped with journalists who question him and his tactics despite England's progress to the World Cup quarter-finals.
The Swede indulged in a brief burst of anger after being prodded by reporters who suggested that he had no clear idea of his best team or tactics.
Eriksson has had to put up with ridiculous sniping from the national press, who finally succeeded in pushing him to his limits on Wednesday afternoon.
It culminated in the Swede snapping: "Don't tell me I don't know what to do - I know exactly what to do.
"If we had only one system you would ask, 'Where is the Plan B?' If we have two systems you say, 'We don't know which way to play'. How do you expect me to answer that? We have a clear vision and we know exactly what we are doing.
"What do you think we do - tell the players to go out and just say, 'Good luck, do what you want to do?'
"If what we say is right or wrong, that's another thing. But, to us, it's clear. Every minute we are together it's absolutely clear."
England have come under critricism for playing less-than-scintillating football in Germany, but Eriksson countered: "Listen, we are going to try to play as well as we can.
"I'm sure, too, that we are going to be better against Portugal on Saturday. You always try to play good football but what's absolutely the most important thing is to win the football game. They don't give you a premium here for playing beautiful football.
"Ghana have played wonderful football. Ivory Coast have played wonderful football. Holland and Spain, the same. If I had to pick one team, on Tuesday afternoon it would have been Spain. But where are they? Tell me, where are these four teams now? At home, that's where. And we are here.
"I'm not frustrated. I'm actually rather satisfied. OK, we can play better but, to win the World Cup, I'm prepared to do whatever. And if that means playing bad football then come on, who cares?"
