Legendary mentors don’t forget the dishonesty by key critics for some reasons they had to face during a big soccer event. Yes, we are taking about England and its former boss Roy Hodgson who has now openly hit out at "dishonest" criticism of his management at Euro 2016 performance last summer that was possibly in his knowledge right from the day. England got out of the tournament shocking 2-1 loss to minnows Iceland at the round-of-16 stage in France that closed all the doors for his side and he took the responsibility and left the job. Talking about the issue in great length, he said in his recent interview, “I was totally uninterested in those type of comments, which I regard as purely irrelevant and dishonest. No one whose opinion I respect would have said anything like that, otherwise I would have heard about it. “I certainly didn't feel suicidal and I certainly didn't feel self-doubt either because I think probably the four years, especially the last two years after the … [Read more...]
Roy Hodgson denies any rift between Wayne Rooney and Jamie Vardy
The problem for every big side is not the fact that how its players are performing but if each player is having good relations with every other member of the team since soccer is a team game hence no one can deliver to the expectations unless all the players are having a fruitful tuning. This is something that seems to be happening with National English Soccer team who is reportedly not having a calm dressing room. According to few reports published in the media off late, captain Wayne Rooney and striker Jamie Vardy are not enjoying each other in the field and this is what is costing the whole side hence media is curious to know if everything is ok within the side, or in other words, controversial media geeks are eager to know about anything wrong within the side. But, putting a big dot on all the rumors being flashed by a certain section of media, England manager Roy Hodgson has dismissed all the allegations that there is a growing problem between two key players. Talking about the … [Read more...]
Rooney backs Hodgson’s rotation decision
Every time a side fails to deliver in a high profile game, all fingers are pointed over the players but when it is the manager who took some brave decisions during the game and placed key players on the unorthodox positions, then it is the manager who faces all the aggression from everyone and this is something that seems to be happening with English national soccer team who could not overcome Slovakia in final Group B clash. The game eventually ended in a goal less draw and all fingers are being raised over the manager Roy Hodgson who made several changes in the well-known field spread including resting Wayne Rooney in the midfield. Actually, the chance to enter into the second stage have now diminished for Three Lions after they could only secure a second position after Wales hence they will have to play with Iceland in Nice on Monday while if they could defeat Slovakia, they would have been facing Northern Ireland in Paris on Saturday. Anyways, while almost everyone is after the … [Read more...]
Hodgson’s anti racial ‘Money’ joke supported by FA
Racism has many shapes and faces which is again proved by a joke cracked by England coach Roy Hodgson in a halftime talk show during a recent world cup qualifier. Though, he apologized after that, but anti racial campaigners look in no mood to let him go so easily; perhaps they are accusing him of using the selected words at a right time to gain the maximum impact. The incident put a small dent on English qualification for the Brazil world cup, but anyways, Englishmen finally started being in the news by their conducts outside the field. Apart from manager, English players are also defending him using a social platform which proves everything, eventually, becomes fine if you are winning on the ground, coz no action has until been initiated by the disciplinary task force. Actually, Tuesday was the DDay for England when they defeated Poland to finally enter into the 2014 FIFA world cup. Hodgson tried to interpret his statement by calling it just an attempt to criticize players’ pass the … [Read more...]
English manager refuses to call back Terry
English soccer team is desperately lacking a defender these days, and despite a need of the hour, manager Roy Hodgson has ruled any chance of asking former Chelsea and England skipper John Terry to break his retirement. Hodgson is lacking good defenders for England’s coming world cup qualifiers after being hit by injuries to its main players; hence it was presumed by the media that Terry could be roped in, but Hodgson has no interest in doing so. He is trying to say that Terry has lost its charm to play in England national squad, however, he did not say anything against him, but massage is clear and loud that a player, who is out of the site for more than a year, has no chance of coming back in the team. John Terry took his retirement from international soccer back in 2012 and since then England has not found any reliable replacement to fit into his shoes. Talking about Terry, Hodgson said, “The fact is John Terry has retired from international football, a decision I have … [Read more...]