retired_ladymaritel

Owing to the fact that the England job is available it appears a candidate has come forward.

Bags of international management experience, knows what hes doing, managed some big teams namely Inter Milan.

Step forward Roy Hodgson

Any thoughts? I think he would be an ideal candidate.

retired_drumcook

**** Hodgson.

retired_calhoun_s

couldnt even hack it at blackburn and can barely string a sentance together.

So, no thanks.

retired_drumcook

Can't believe f.o.a.d. is censored.

retired_hvporter

I agree with you. Sadly, I suspect the players wouldn't. I can see that overpaid bunch of primadonnas not taking orders from someone whose playing career peaked with Palarse and Bristol City or whoever.

Good coach though, even though he did bomb at Blackburn.

retired_nini59

it's a lot better than Mourinho's playing career, or Eriksson or Ferguson, or Wenger, or Benitez. Really has nothing to do with how well he'd be able to control the players.

retired_hvporter

Arguable re playing career.

Been a factor in some of the other jobs Hodgson has taken on in the past though, hence I mentioned it.

retired_nini59

how is it arguable, Ferguson probably had a higher profile career now I think about it, so get rid of him, but the rest didn't.

The point was players don't consider manager's playing careers when deciding whether to listen to them or not, unless say you're Roy Keane, or Bryan Robson, or Johann Cruyff, but even then after a couple of weeks a player will start judging them on their managerial abilities rather than their playing abilities.

retired_bec8643

Eh did he really bomb at Blackburn ? sure i can remember him getting them into Europe

retired_nini59

there's no job available anyway.