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Is that by Mostar or FeintZebra?
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Is that by Mostar or FeintZebra?
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Roy Hodgson defends Steven Reid
Wednesday 19th October 2011, 2:30PM BST.
West Brom boss Roy Hodgson has launched a staunch defence of Steven Reid after he was accused of acting “like a girl” by Sunderland midfielder Lee Cattermole.
Hodgson insisted the Baggies defender was “brave, strong and determined” after Cattermole accused him of exaggerating his reaction to a challenge to get the fiery Black Cats man booked.
The pair clashed twice in the 2-2 draw at the Stadium of Light earlier this month with Cattermole, who was booked for the first challenge and substituted after the second to avoid a red card, later accusing Reid of gamesmanship.
But Hodgson said: “I don’t care one little bit what Lee Cattermole says. I think players do themselves an enormous disservice, making journalists’ jobs easier by giving them little headlines but they are, in actual fact, bringing the game into less repute than it should have.
“It’s obvious that Steven Reid is not a big girl. He is a very brave, strong and determined character, as Cattermole has a reputation for being himself.”
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Posted on YNWA:
Saddam Hussein ☑ - Osama Bin Laden ☑ - Col. Gaddafi ☑ - Roy f***ing Hodgson ☐
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Trey Nyoni: countdown to stardom-2 years1year0.5 yearsComment
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West Brom boss Roy Hodgson today insisted Alex McLeish’s move to Aston Villa made perfect sense – because the club are still the powerhouses of West Midlands football.
The Hawthorns head coach played down the fuss surrounding the former Birmingham boss’s cross-city switch, which drew protests from a section of Villa supporters.
And Hodgson said: “I don’t know why it should be considered a bold move to go from a team that has been relegated to the biggest team in the Birmingham area – at least traditionally.
“Certainly, if you talk in terms of financial resources and financial power, they are the biggest team in the area. I don’t think ourselves, Wolves or Birmingham would compare ourselves to Aston Villa.”
Mr Ambitious strikes again
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****ing hell, how's such a loser getting paid so much ffs?3rd place. Worst champions ever.
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he is the king of lowering expectation! Quite smart in some ways, constantly lowering expectations, never give the impression you should be doing better than you currently are after a while people will start to believe it. It's all about self preservation
Utterly depressing having him as a manager, I feel for the West Brom fans and wherever he ends up as manager after themComment
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I know we've got Stoke first but this week is going to be hell, entertaining or both. It's Hodgson Week.Thanks very much for being ‘This Mornings’ Farmer’Comment
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My Christ, he really is ****ing despicable. Fans live with pride and belief in their team, this cunt makes a living out of shattering it at every press conference.Originally posted by Craig_H View PostWest Brom boss Roy Hodgson today insisted Alex McLeish’s move to Aston Villa made perfect sense – because the club are still the powerhouses of West Midlands football.
The Hawthorns head coach played down the fuss surrounding the former Birmingham boss’s cross-city switch, which drew protests from a section of Villa supporters.
And Hodgson said: “I don’t know why it should be considered a bold move to go from a team that has been relegated to the biggest team in the Birmingham area – at least traditionally.
“Certainly, if you talk in terms of financial resources and financial power, they are the biggest team in the area. I don’t think ourselves, Wolves or Birmingham would compare ourselves to Aston Villa.”
Mr Ambitious strikes againLike blood on ironComment
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It was perfectly executed mind gamesOriginally posted by Red_Polo View Post
Trey Nyoni: countdown to stardom-2 years1year0.5 yearsComment
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The only gracious way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can't ignore it, top it; if you can't top it, laugh at it; if you can't laugh at it, it's probably deserved.Comment
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Roy Hodgson has expressed his belief that the time he was given at his previous club Liverpool, was not sufficient enough to allow him to fully stamp his authority on the team. The West Bromwich Albion manager was dismissed from Anfield in January, when new owners Fenway Sports Group, decided that a change was needed, and Kenny Dalglish was summoned to return to the club and take the Kop back to the kind of glory it enjoyed during his previous stint two decades ago. Eight months on, Hodgson remains defiant that his then employers acted rashly and that his fate was decided by a sense of panic, more than one of logic.
"Clearly, it would be right to come to the conclusion that the early months were not easy, what with the situation that was occurring off the field, with the previous owners and the restraints that were put on the club and myself."
"Added to that was the destabilisation effect of things such as the fans' protests and other such unhelpful factors, and even the harshest of harsh critics would have to, were they to think about it for a reasonable amount of time, reach a conclusion that the odds were very much against me in my task."
"To inhereit what I did, in the form of a squad which really wasn't going anywhere, and hadn't really shown signs of going anywhere before my arrival, and then be asked to perform miracles, was clearly going to be beyond all likelihood, even for a person with the kind of experience one has had from managing across Europe and the world, for a significant period which, at my last count, is now approaching four decades."
"Ultimately, it would be quite possibly very accurate to conclude that I happened to have the misfortune of suffering at the hands of expectations which, in reality and if one is to be brutally honest about it, were built decades ago and for which now, one would struggle to find any substantiating factors."
Hodgson's feeling of betrayal at the hands of Liverpool's new owners, though he would never use that word himself, seems exacerbated somewhat, by the kind of riches that his successor has since enjoyed in the transfer market. The former Inter Milan manager clearly does not begrudge Dalglish this good fortune, but does insist that the situation he experienced working under Fenway did not bring him the same opportunities.
"The first message I received upon [FSG's] arrival, was that the finances were not there to make the kind of changes to the squad that, if one is being frank, one would clearly acknowledge needed to be made, in order to turn what was, in truth, a fairly mediocre squad, into one which could hope to achieve the status of a top-six finish, something which one is hastened to add, was not achieved in the season before my arrival."
"Experience however, has taught me to remain as optimistic as possible and, with that in mind, and following much thought and analysis, I felt that, with a little luck and a few things going for us, perhaps, as one might say, had we punched above our weight a little, that top six finish would have been accessible to us. And it would certainly seem to be a valid enough claim to predict, that if time was offered, even in the obvious absence of transfer funds, such an achievement could have been reached."
"Unfortunately however, when one is not offered the kind of time for a task that, in itself, clearly requires the kind of time that one has almost requested for it, one will inevitably find that such a challenge proves to be extremely challenging, more so than many might have initially felt and then, as a consequence, one is perhaps perceived, not to have failed necessarily, but possibly to have not succeeded."
"That, in itself, is something of a letdown and certainly a disappointment, though I can certainly point to 36 years' worth of management at the highest level, including international football and reaching the finals of the major tournaments, and acknowledge to myself that there is nothing that one with such levels of experience would not have come across previously. So in that respect, whilst it is extremely nice for people within the game and sectors of the media to understand and sympathise with my plight in that [the Liverpool] job, it still remains something I have the capacity to deal with in the manner that I have dealt with the other lower points of a 36 year career in management."
"You learn to live with these things and if the kind of money that Kenny has been given to spend is indeed something that I was not afforded, is for other people to notice and point out, without the need for me to pinpoint it and make an issue of it."
Having successfully managed to overcome the odds last season and take three satisfying points from the Baggies' home game against Liverpool, courtesy of two penalty kicks and a very accomplished performance, it would be easy to assume that he is once again expecting another victory to add to Albion's recent upturn in league form.
Hodgson though, living upto the humble character that is now once again putting paid to the notion that English football cannot turn to one of its own after Fabio Capello's planned departure from the England job next summer, prefers to keep himself grounded and maintains the kind of modesty that remains an integral part of his popularity amongst both his peers in the game and football fans alike, across the country.
"As much as it can be easy to engage in the kind of romance and fairy-tale scenarios, and we as football fans often thoroughly enjoy engaging in this kind of thinking, one also has to look to the realities that lie before us and upon focusing on these realities, it can become very difficult to foresee a rational explanation as to why a club like ours should be able to compete with a club such as Liverpool, a difficult enough task as it is, even prior to the boosting of the talents within a squad that was added to, to the tune of £100m or whatever it was."
"We shall try to be as competitive as possible, as we always do and if that should lead to the kind of excellent performance that might enable us to take something from the game or, even should we be defeated, to look one another in the eyes, with as fair minded a though process as possble, and say that we gave everything we could, then yes, one would have to analyse that and conclude that one is very pleased with the outcome and that of the effort, if not perhaps the result, should we face defeat, as many predictors will no doubt foresee."
"One could understand how expectations will have been raised exorbitantly, following recent results and the impact of seeing ourselves in the kind of position in the table that we would, frankly, barely have dreamed of three or four months ago. It does, however, always remain of crucial importance to keep one's feet on the ground and remember that for a club of our stature, if we were to finish up some five places below where we are in the league at this stage in proceedings, it would be a wonderful achievement worthy of real celebration. Until that happens though, we must remember who we are, where we are and the extent of our capabilities which, at the moment perhaps, are at their peak."
Certainly, should Hodgson mastermind another victory over his former club this weekend, it would be yet another fantastic achievement for a manager who, though he chooses not to highlight them himself, has produced more than his fair share of celebration-worthy achievements during a distinguished career at the top.Comment
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