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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: November 20, 2013
Covering England is an interesting business for much of the British press. As they will inevitably always tell you, it isn’t in their interests for England to do badly, as their sales would go through the roof if a miracle occurred and Roy Hodgson’s team actually won the World Cup next year. And if England didn’t even qualify, their own nice trips out to Brazil would be...
Published: November 7, 2013
The England squad was announced this week, with the inclusion of Jay Rodriguez, in excellent form for Southampton, taking most of the headlines. Roy Hodgson had to answer questions about his ill-judged “feed the monkey” gag, while the assembled journalists seemingly forgot to ask him the question on everybody’s lips: What on earth is Tom Cleverley doing there? This was, of course,...
Published: October 4, 2013
How do you solve a problem like Joe Hart? Around 18 months ago, you would have struggled to find many voices suggesting anyone other than Hart for the England goalkeeping spot. Of course, he had his flaws as most goalkeepers do, but there was nobody else in the country to touch him. Hart was the undisputed No. 1, so far ahead of the rest that it was actually quite concerning for England fans—what...
Published: September 10, 2013
Roy Hodgson gets a surprisingly easy ride from the English press. From the thinly-veiled xenophobia suffered by Sven Goran Eriksson and Fabio Capello, to the naked mockery of Graham Taylor and Steve McClaren, the press have a habit of making a punchline out of any manager that doesn’t win the World Cup. There is criticism of Hodgson of course, much of it hyperbolic but very little, if any of...