Hodgson was a top manager of England.

Played 53

Won 25

Drew 13

Lost only 5.

The only place we would be going without him is the championship and it would be a battle to stay in that.

Opinions, opinions. Hodgson certainly isn't a super manager, but only average? Average managers don't get to manage at the level Hodgson has for as long as he has. He's a good manager IMO but not a great one. Again, IMO, he's better than many of those who have been proposed as replacements.

We did play a more expansive style under Hodgson in the first couple of years but now with the squad older and slower, options are fewer and will remain so until we have a better, younger, fitter and quicker squad.

For the avoidance of doubt, I'm not one of those who thinks that only Hodgson can keep us up. I'm happy to see the Board go for someone else, just hope it will be someone who can cope with the difficult situation we will face in the summer window.

There is a massive gap between dull and expansive, highlighted simply by the two draws against Fulham and Man Utd.

One was infinitely more entertaining and watchable than the other and yet it was Roy who told us that Fulham was a must not lose game therefore super dull whereas he probably looked at the Man Utd game as a hiding to nothing so approached it in a different way and surprise surprise he got the same result.

This is why I think we are hampered rather than helped by his tactics. He is naturally negative in his outlook and that has to impact players over time which is well described in the above articles.

Edited by Eaglecoops (06 Mar 2021 3.00pm)

You have missed my point about Roy being an overly cautious manager with negative tactics. I do find it odd though that you acknowledge Roy for setting us up as he did against Fulham for a dull draw but blame Manchester for allowing us to draw with them. Do you not think perhaps he said to the players, sit in against Fulham, have a go against Utd? That would have made perfect sense based on his post match interviews.

With regard to his stats, This is the the same Roy who has not won a major trophy in 45 years of management and whose greatest managerial success was runner up in the UEFA cup.

He is the only manager to ever have had a negative goal difference as a manager at Liverpool and whose parting shot when he left England was to say that he had over estimated how much the players understood what he told them. You do kind of wonder why when he goes sight seeing when they were supposed to be preparing for a match.

His record as an England manager was mostly gained against third rate countries in qualifying so the numbers do not tell the full story. To quote another piece on him from then,

“The Hodgefather seemed a breath of fresh air compared to stern dinosaur Capello. He took charge in three major tournaments and was undefeated in qualifying games (16 wins, four draws).

The trouble is, England’s displays declined in each tournament. Euro 2012 had an entertaining 3-2 win over Sweden as England topped their group. Yet the 2014 World Cup saw England out after two games, before things somehow got even worse at Euro 2016.”

The acid test is of course the knock out stages of major competitions and he hardly impressed there.

I suppose the icing on the cake is when he compared his own success in management as similar to that of Sir Alex Ferguson who after all has won nothing! Longevity is probably the only similarity of the two.

I am sorry, but we obviously disagree majorly over his abilities at the top level.

You have missed my point about Roy being an overly cautious manager with negative tactics. I do find it odd though that you acknowledge Roy for setting us up as he did against Fulham for a dull draw but blame Manchester for allowing us to draw with them. Do you not think perhaps he said to the players, sit in against Fulham, have a go against Utd? That would have made perfect sense based on his post match interviews.

With regard to his stats, This is the the same Roy who has not won a major trophy in 45 years of management and whose greatest managerial success was runner up in the UEFA cup.

He is the only manager to ever have had a negative goal difference as a manager at Liverpool and whose parting shot when he left England was to say that he had over estimated how much the players understood what he told them. You do kind of wonder why when he goes sight seeing when they were supposed to be preparing for a match.

His record as an England manager was mostly gained against third rate countries in qualifying so the numbers do not tell the full story. To quote another piece on him from then,

“The Hodgefather seemed a breath of fresh air compared to stern dinosaur Capello. He took charge in three major tournaments and was undefeated in qualifying games (16 wins, four draws).

The trouble is, England’s displays declined in each tournament. Euro 2012 had an entertaining 3-2 win over Sweden as England topped their group. Yet the 2014 World Cup saw England out after two games, before things somehow got even worse at Euro 2016.”

The acid test is of course the knock out stages of major competitions and he hardly impressed there.

I suppose the icing on the cake is when he compared his own success in management as similar to that of Sir Alex Ferguson who after all has won nothing! Longevity is probably the only similarity of the two.

I am sorry, but we obviously disagree majorly over his abilities at the top level.