Poll: FA approach Hodgson for England job.

Would you be happy to see Hodgson as England manager

  • I would be happy with Woy as England manager

    Votes: 128 59.3%

  • I would rather decapitate myself with a rusty scythe

    Votes: 88 40.7%
  • Total voters
    216
  • Poll closed .
Doesn't inspire confidence so I'm a bit miffed but then I can't name anyone I think would sort those bunch of ******* out.
S'pose it's pretty much down to the players to restore my/our confidence, No matter who the new manager is they just need to get there heads down & show us they would die for there shirt.
 
If Harry was a primary consideration, then i wonder if Spurs recent demise in form did influence a final decision.

If not, and Hodgson was the primary choice all the way along, then why wasn't anything said at the start. I'm convinced the Spurs slump was partially to do with uncertaincy of Harry's future at the Lane. With that said, I had already resigned to him leaving but I now wonder if Harry is as good as first thought.

FA have handled this terribly.

As Hodgson, I don't have any doubt that he'll do the best with the ever deacreasing limited options he has but my initial thoughts this could be a another McClaren.
 
Admiral Huddy said:
If Harry was a primary consideration, then i wonder if Spurs recent demise in form did influence a final decision.

If not, and Hodgson was the primary choice all the way along, then why wasn't anything said at the start. I'm convinced the Spurs slump was partially to do with uncertaincy of Harry's future at the Lane. With that said, I had already resigned to him leaving but I now wonder if Harry is as good as first thought.

FA have handled this terribly.
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Or perhaps that was part of their master plan to see how well Harry coped with the pressure. Going by Tottenhams run since the england link, poorly.
 
I don't mind Woy. But I really don't care which manager England have. England will "underperform" again, the public will blame the manager, and the players will carry on being the "golden generation".

It's happened with each manager and each tournament, nothing will change. It's a joke.
 
If the next manager had to be English, Hodgson is the best choice, has previous (good) international experience, plus a range of experience over a long career in different types of football. There's no competition really.
 
Admiral Huddy said:
If Harry was a primary consideration, then i wonder if Spurs recent demise in form did influence a final decision.

If not, and Hodgson was the primary choice all the way along, then why wasn't anything said at the start. I'm convinced the Spurs slump was partially to do with uncertaincy of Harry's future at the Lane. With that said, I had already resigned to him leaving but I now wonder if Harry is as good as first thought.

FA have handled this terribly.

As Hodgson, I don't have any doubt that he'll do the best with the ever deacreasing limited options he has but my initial thoughts this could be a another McClaren.
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It hasn't affected Roy and West Brom, you're looking for excuses and to shift blame imo. Spurs' downfall is of their own doing
 
I guess the FA were looking for a manager who could read and write. Seems to me the only people against him are Liverpool fans.

Admiral Huddy said:
FA have handled this terribly.
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How? The FA didn't approach 'Arry, the only people who said he should have the job, are the media and good old 'Arry. I don't see what the FA could have done about that.
 
I voted Roy but only so thick cockney Arry doesn't get it. Would rather anyone but Arey though Roy would not be my first choice.
 
Gooner14 said:
I guess the FA were looking for a manager who could read and write. Seems to me the only people against him are Liverpool fans.



How? The FA didn't approach 'Arry, the only people who said he should have the job, are the media and good old 'Arry. I don't see what the FA could have done about that.
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They're scouse, not English, so they shouldn't mind tbf

As you say on the second point, it's the press, not the FA, but the main problem is Redknapp/Spurs' issues under pressure which are pre-existing
 
Considering Roy has a good track record of getting the best out of average players, he would fit right in for England
 
Some of the comments about Hodgson on this thread are borderline stupid and everyone seems to be judging him on one poor spell at Liverpool where he was basically handed a poison chalice. No manager was going to be successful in those circumstances with the faithfulls beloved king Kenny sat in the directors box and the whole place just itching to have him back in the managers job.

Hodgsons career record is good he has been reasonably successfull wher ever he has been and has managed to over achieve at a lot of clubs added to which he has experience of international management where again he was pretty successful. He is also a real coach who always sets his teams up to play the right way so this is the ideal moment to put him at the top of the pyramid with the national centre abot to open and youth football about to get a major change.

Harry on the other hand is a happy go lucky cheacky chappy who loves a good transfer deal (some would say a little to much) sucks up to the press and leaves total carnage in his wake (look at the state of the three clubs he managed before Totenham!) he is a manager not a coach and comes with an awful lot of baggage. The press seem to cut him an awful lot of slack as he is always available for a quick session of rent a quote but were he to be England manager I suspect there would be to much millage in digging through his closet for the gutter press to resist and anyone who doesn't think there is anything to find should check the list of premier league clubs who have had there transfer dealing investigated and compare it with Harrys dealings!.

In short there is a dearth of real candidates given that the mighty British public has decreed the manager muct be English and of a bad bunch Hodgson is one of the better candidates, who is also probably available cheaply, won't demand a ludicrous contract and has the integraty required of the position.
 
jakeke said:
It hasn't affected Roy and West Brom, you're looking for excuses and to shift blame imo. Spurs' downfall is of their own doing
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On the contrary, I'm not looking to shift blame at all which is why I said "partially to do with " not fully.


Gooner14 said:
How? The FA didn't approach 'Arry, the only people who said he should have the job, are the media and good old 'Arry. I don't see what the FA could have done about that.
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... simply by not making a decision there and then. The speculation may have been the media's but the FA knew who they wanted from the start and started the feeding frenzy. If Harry hadn't been a forerunner, then they should have said so up front or at least when they meade their mind
 
Admiral Huddy said:
On the contrary, I'm not looking to shift blame at all which is why I said "partially to do with " not fully.
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imo Harry overplayed your starting XI in the first half of the season, you were lucky to not really have any injuries and were in good form. Then the injuries came from the overplaying and your lack of suitable cover was exposed, then the good form went, and you struggled to get results, then Bale started his free role silliness. I think it's wrong to blame any of it on the FA.
 
I don't think it fair to talk about his tenure at Liverpool, I think any manager would have been in for a rough time if they had been at Liverpool during the end of the H&G regime.

Yes it was terrible at the time, but look at all the **** that was going on off the pitch.

I don't think any manager will ever achieve anything with the current England squad, we are just a bunch of pre-madonna's playing as indivduals. they day-to-day rivalries the people have with other clubs (Man Utd/Chelsea/Liverpool) get in the way far too much.
 
ThestigGT999 said:
pep would have been epic but he will do
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I wish he had've taken the job so once and for all England fans could stop blaming the manager.

Why on earth people think Pep could have altered anything when hes been managing the best club side probably ever assembled and then have to turn out a performance with Gareth Barry and co.

You can't assemble international teams in the same way. You would think people would have noticed that with the amount of well respected Club managers we have burnt through with the phrase "no plan B" ringing in their ears.

The players don't care.
Club managers don't care.

The only person who cares is the England manager trying to cling to his cushy £6m a year job.
 
Not overly disappointed if Roy does get the job. Has a lot of European experience and, if given time, should do ok. Like Admiral Huddy though I am annoyed by the way the FA handled this. I never thought they would approach Redknapp, his face would never had fit with the FA, but to let this carry on when he was never the first choice candidate was wrong, very unfair on both Redknapp and more importantly Tottenham. All this nonsense about the teams form dropping because of the speculation could have been avoided.
 
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