Re: England our england!
Bob, even though he would not have been my choice I think it is better having a home grown person in charge of the national team and I wish him all the best.Re: England our england!
Yes you never know AB and lets face it, there is no substitute for real experience so Neville and Pearce could turn out to be very useful allies indeed.Re: England our england!
Losing players due to 'injury' could be a blessing in disguise for Hodgson, he has as good a reason as any to get rid of the old 'Mafia' brigade and start afresh, Pity Terry's not 'injured' as he is the destructive force in that team. If he does not get his way he sulks and causes aggro.Re: England our england!
Hello Bob.b - I suspect this is one thread that will run and run Let me come clean at the start and say I am not a football fan, so why read this Well like anyone from England ('tho of Welsh parentage) I would like to see the side do well. I endorse your comment about letting Roy Hodgson get on with the job but I am sceptical that the media will give him much of break. Time will tell, even 'tho I don't make a point of watching, I suspect the results will appear on the news headlines, wishing him all the best in the job.Re: England our england!
Hi Losos and may I say 'snap' because I too am English by birth from Welsh parents.Re: England our england!
Must say this was not a performance to make you rush out and take the 16-1 odds on England winning the Competition. However a win is a win, and Belgium were reasonably useful. You have to remember that both they and Norway failed to qualify for the Euros. All the injuries and niggles are a worry, but thats the same for all teams participating. All in all, so far so good for Roy, just wonder what our friends in the press will make of it all.Re: England our england!
Well of course John, the erudite members of the press are just waiting for the team to get beaten then they will start chorusing on about who should have been playing and who was rubbish etc etc, anything to sell newspapers! All they have to remember is one thing and that is that they do not select the team, Roy Hodgson is paid to do that, constructive criticism is fair at all times but all out witch hunting is pathetic. I expect all pencils will have been sharpened ready for the Euro matches on the horizon!Re: England our england!
Sadly for our football scene we have overpaid divas who cannot really speak for themselves so must have a representative, spokesperson, agent, Johnny come lately or whatever they want to be called which of course has pushed stupid player power to the forefront of things so when a manager disrupts the senior players comfort zone the trouble starts with mutterings behind his back, tweets on Twitter and even entries on facebook pages, the great technical age comes into it's own but I really hope that Roy Hodgson sticks to his guns over his decisions, what a ridiculous thing to read that he has been disrespectful to Rio Ferdinand just because he didn't call him up owing to the injury to Cahill, what utter tosh! The media bandwagon is really getting set to roll, nice to know that they are all ready to lynch the manager, yet again. Whatever happened to true patriotism?
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