Roy Hodgson, know your role and shut your mouth

[capablanca]

Hodgson, and the team, did well today.

 

Stevie G did us proud, and it was encouraging to see Henderson play well alomg side him.

 

Johnson looked good going forwards, but I'm now going to trot out some tired cliches about him being weak defensively that I've heard football hacks say.

 

Try watching the game.

[fowler9]

So if Norway and Belgium were his Robotnik/Trabzonspor, was today his Arsenal at home?

 

all leading up to his City away then!

 

 

it makes me laugh all the hype around a new manager, if Capello had a team playing so negatively he would've been slaughtered

[Dicko]

Keep giving the ball away? - Check.

Making last ditch tackles all over the gaff? - Check.

Looking absolutely fucked after an hour? - Check.

Media lapping up brave performance nonsense? - Check.

 

Typical tournament bollocks.

Hopefully they'll be on their holidays soon.

[Whelan]

Wait until we play exactly the same way against France, and Roy informs us how 'exceptional' Sweden are, and how dangerous they can be on an 'attacking force'! It is quite funny that some people actually think he chose these tactics because we were playing France.

[WaltonRed]

Funny how Liverpool fans dont give a shit about England but none of us have shut up about it

[Whelan]

Its a football tournament in the summer! And most liverpool fans don't give a shit if England win, they are still interested in the football though.

[Dicko]

Funny how Liverpool fans dont give a shit about England but none of us have shut up about it

 

I do give a shit about England.

I want them to get fucking twatted.

And keep getting twatted until the penny fucking drops that the way we play the game is fucking shit.

[Anubis]

People love deluding themselves. I was driving to Crewe this morning and had 5 Live on. There were a number of England fans coming on and saying how well England had done. One in particular made me howl, when he congratulated Roy and the team on playing a possession game, where England players held onto possession and passed it among themselves.

 

For the record, England enjoyed 35% possession.

[silverlining]

Keep giving the ball away? - Check.

Making last ditch tackles all over the gaff? - Check.

Looking absolutely fucked after an hour? - Check.

Media lapping up brave performance nonsense? - Check.

 

Typical tournament bollocks.

Hopefully they'll be on their holidays soon.

 

Same way Chelsea won the European Cup?

 

Check.

[fowler9]

Same way Chelsea won the European Cup?

 

Check.

 

only with a shit manager and shit players

 

check

[silverlining]

only with a shit manager and shit players

 

check

 

Which one?

[Dicko]

Same way Chelsea won the European Cup?

 

Check.

And?

Greece won it the same way.

Look at them now.

[Teflon Don]

Great quote from the BBC interview at half-time in the Germany v Holland game: "I don't believe in possession statistics."

[xerxes]

Great quote from the BBC interview at half-time in the Germany v Holland game: "I don't believe in possession statistics."

 

It was jaw-dropping wasn't it?

[Guest ShoePiss]

Great quote from the BBC interview at half-time in the Germany v Holland game: "I don't believe in possession statistics."

 

Yeah that made me laugh, brilliant stuff from turkeyneck.

[Gym Beglin]

Great quote from the BBC interview at half-time in the Germany v Holland game: "I don't believe in possession statistics."

 

I bet he didn't mention that in his job interview.

 

Staggering in it's simplicity isn't it? I do not believe in facts.

 

He must realise you cannot score without the ball?

[Teflon Don]

I bet he didn't mention that in his job interview.

 

Staggering in it's simplicity isn't it? I do not believe in facts.

 

He must realise you cannot score without the ball?

 

There was another gem along the lines of 'if they invented a stat about dangerous shots at goal, I might be interested'. Unfortunately, the interview doesn't appear to have been uploaded to the BBC website (yet), so I can't check.

[Newport]

He's obviously spent too much time in Scandinavia.

[Johnny Cougar]

He's obviously spent too much time in Scandinavia.

 

He was a Three time winner with Malmo in his illustrious 38 year career experience.

 

[tomyam scouse]

Contender for the best ever headline?

 

"Doubts grow over Roy Hodgson's ability to be a visionary" Today's Guardian.

[Chocoholic]

He's obviously spent too much time in Scandinavia.

 

On the contrary. I'd suggest, as a fan of a club blighted by his appointment, that he didn't spend nearly long enough there.

[Kevin D]

Couldn't have gone any better, for me. Expect the likes of Barclay to go hysterically overboard and begin invoking "the spirit of 66". It's going to be that much sweeter when Terry cries on the 24th.

[thompsonsnose]

I think Ukraine will knock us out on Tuesday.

[Johnny Cougar]

I think Ukraine will knock us out on Tuesday.

 

I dont, they were fucking awful today and look shot to me. They put all their efforts into the first game and were run ragged by France.

England really ought to get at least the point they need to go through.

[piscinin]

I bet he didn't mention that in his job interview.

 

Staggering in it's simplicity isn't it? I do not believe in facts.

 

He must realise you cannot score without the ball?

 

He's from the Hughes school of POMO. Quantity of possession is irrelevant, it's all about getting into those positions of max opportunity.