Roy Hodgson says there is no way he will be able to ease the stress or pressure on his England players at next year's European Championship.
England will seal their place at Euro 2016 a week on Saturday provided they complete the simple task of beating San Marino and Slovenia fail to defeat Switzerland.
Hodgson has experienced two disappointing tournaments with England so far. In Euro 2012, he led the Three Lions to the second round, where they were eliminated on penalties by Italy, and last summer his team were knocked out of the group stages without registering a single win.
Hodgson planned meticulously for Brazil 2014 and even employed psychiatrist Dr Steve Peters to help his players deal with the pressure that comes with tournament football.
But the England boss concedes there is little he can do to relieve the burden of trying to end the country's 50-year wait for a major trophy.
"I think freeing people of the stress and pressure of expectation is a very easy thing to talk about, but very hard to actually then achieve," Hodgson told Sport Magazine.
"We have to try and make certain, as we go forward with a very young group of England players, that they are capable of accepting this pressure. Because we can't change it -- we can't ask the media to treat us more kindly or not ask too much from us. We can't ask the fans not to want or expect or hope that England might win tournaments.
"That's a given. It's always going to be there, so we have to breed players who are mentally strong enough to say: 'I know this, I understand this, but I trust in myself and my ability, and I believe that my teammates and I are good enough to do it."'
Hodgson denies that his players failed in the last two championships because they did not care as much as their opponents.
"I would never believe or listen to anyone telling me it is because the players didn't want it enough," he said.
Hodgson is acutely aware that the national side have been letting England down of late, however.
He has noted the success of the women's team and England's Ashes heroes this summer and feels his players must do their bit to boost the pride of the nation next year.
"Look at the ladies reaching the semi finals of the Women's World Cup this summer, the cricket team winning back the Ashes, Andy Murray winning Wimbledon -- you see what these successes do to the nation," he said.
"We would desperately love to put something in front of England football fans that gives them the same buzz."