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Roy Hodgson prefers to relax by reading winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature rather than contenders for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, but he would be well advised to dip into Roy Keane’s The Second Half when he gets the opportunity. Just in case the literary snob in Hodgson has doubts about being seen with a ghosted autobiography, he can take reassurance given that the co-author, Roddy Doyle, would be equally comfortable in either camp

Taken from Keane's book.

We came back, went to Fulham and beat them, 3–1. It was a comfortable victory. We played well.
As a manager I was enjoying the chats with other managers after the games. Not so much enjoying
what was being said, but picking up on their vibes and listening out for a little snippet of wisdom. I’d be
thinking, ‘What makes this club work?’, or ‘What are the staff like?’ So I went up to see Roy Hodgson,
the Fulham manager, and his assistant, Ray Lewington. It was like the scene in Steve Cotterill’s office at
Burnley the year before, but without the humour. Steve had turned his disappointment into a joke, but
this was different. They were all going, ‘We’re fucked, we’re fucked.’
It was embarrassing. I had my Diet Coke and one of those little sausages, and we left. I remember
thinking, ‘My goodness, they are fucked.’
But they stayed up. Roy got the Liverpool job, and now he’s managing England.
 
Tony Barrett ‏@TonyBarretTimes 4h4 hours ago
Found a quote from a Liverpool manager who was "angry & disappointed" about a player being injured on England duty. The manager? Roy Hodgson
 
Seriously, can you be how prescient he was!

Oncy and Fabio saying they were in a RoyCDNW camp was a good one (it's ok lads, we've all been there..)
 
Don't believe I said I was on that camp

I said I'd give him time to turn it around because he was hamstrung with a budget.

But whatevs
 
Always happy to admit I was happy with his appointment initially
 
I've always found Woy a clown right from the beginning. I was proven right when almost every non-Liverpool fan mocked and laughed at me when we had signed him.

That was how much the footballing world revered Woy.
 
I dont remember what i said at the time...if i said anything at all.

I was probably sitting on the fence and being diplomatic..
 
SPOT THE HYPOCRITE:

Michael Owen, 7 December 2012:

Michael Owen has echoed former manager Alex Ferguson's opinion by blaming Liverpool for his injury ravaged career.

The former England international reckons he was overused as a youngster at Anfield where he would play '80-odd games a year'.

Owen made his Liverpool debut as a 17-year-old but wishes he could have played less games after seeing Ferguson's cotton-wool treatment of youngsters coming through at Old Trafford.

The Manchester United boss has suggested that Owen could have remained injury free had he been handled better in his youth.

"Sir Alex had made some comments suggesting that I would have been a better player had I been managed more effectively in the early part of my career," said Owen on his official website.

"I have to agree with most of what he said except the usage of the word 'better'. In my opinion, had I been managed differently I would have been at my best for longer as opposed to being a better player.

"As a youngster, I was considered exceptional and in many ways, that was to my detriment. While I was playing every game available to me, there was another young kid in the Liverpool academy called Steven Gerrard who was also showing huge potential.

"Unlike me, who was playing 80-odd games a year, Stevie just couldn't stay fit. I am convinced that this played to his advantage in the long run. I couldn't get enough of it. I would play a full season with Liverpool and then once the season was over, while everyone wrapped their best youngsters up to have a summer break, I was jetting off to play for England, sometimes playing three years above my age group at the highest level. This continued for a few years. I played week in, week out without a break, for years."


Michael Owen, 17 October 2014:

Michael Owen insists he would never tell a manager he was tired - and believes Raheem Sterling may go on to regret doing so.

The Liverpool teenager has faced criticism from some quarters after telling Roy Hodgson of his fatigue prior to England's clash with Estonia on Sunday.

Sterling was subsequently left on the bench with the situation sparking a brand new club vs country row.
But Owen, who also broke through at Anfield as a teenager, insists the concept of burnout is a myth.

Speaking at the National Football Museum in Manchester, the ex-England striker said: "We're surmising how he was feeling but I never felt like telling the manager I was tired because I never felt particularly that I needed a rest.
"I know people will say, 'Well, we don't want anyone having burnout'. But I'll ask you now - can you name one player who has ever been burned out? I don't know of anyone."
 
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has denied that the club put pressure on England boss Roy Hodgson to rest Raheem Sterling for the Three Lions' Euro 2016 qualifier against Estonia on Sunday.


Sterling started in the victory against San Marino the previous Thursday but was left out of the starting line-up on Sunday, although he came off the bench to win the free-kick from which Wayne Rooney scored the only goal.

Rodgers insists that Sterling never said he did not want to play and that it was Hodgson's decision to leave the forward out of the starting XI.

"I'm fed up reading about this club v country, claims we intervened and put pressure on Roy Hodgson," Rodgers told The Independent.

"I've read we sent a dossier to the FA on Raheem Sterling and Daniel Sturridge and I'm having showdown talks with Roy Hodgson on Sunday and all sorts of rubbish. The decision not to play him was a managerial decision. I haven't said a single word but have to say I have never seen such rubbish written over the past few days."

Rodgers feels Sterling is not being fairly treated and does not believe the criticism will end any time soon.

"At no point did Raheem Sterling say he didn't want to play for England," he added. "The boy is being hung out to dry and I dare say the criticism will continue for a few more weeks to come because of this."
 
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As always, my thoughts on Hodgson.

Fuck off, Hodgson.

Would be interesting to hear Rodgers' press conference today.
 
SPOT THE HYPOCRITE:

Michael Owen, 17 October 2014:
"I know people will say, 'Well, we don't want anyone having burnout'. But I'll ask you now - can you name one player who has ever been burned out? I don't know of anyone."


HAHAHAAAHAHAHAAAA!
 
Brodgers is a very wise man.

He did the right thing by not biting the bait. It's a waste of time to get into the silly storm-in-a-teacup club vs country that Woy is trying to cook up, especially when there is a muted silence from other club managers. Everyone else are distancing themselves from Woy.

Never argue with idiots.

And giving the right answer to the wrong question is always wrong.
 
I don't know who's the bigger cunt out of Owen and the Podge.

This may be controversial, but I vote Owen. He did a lot for us as a player, but his attitude towards the club since we failed to take him up on his "Come and get me" when he wanted to leave Real has been completely pathetic. Hodgson's a cnut as well but his @rseyness is the product as much of struggling incompetence as of anything else. Owen's has arisen from sheer spite.
 
"I have to agree with most of what he said except the usage of the word 'better'. In my opinion, had I been managed differently I would have been at my best for longer as opposed to being a better player.

I love how he's so sure he would've had a longer career but would he have been a better player? Never! Not Possible!
 
This may be controversial, but I vote Owen. He did a lot for us as a player, but his attitude towards the club since we failed to take him up on his "Come and get me" when he wanted to leave Real has been completely pathetic. Hodgson's a cnut as well but his @rseyness is the product as much of struggling incompetence as of anything else. Owen's has arisen from sheer spite.

I'd probably agree with that.

Owens attitude towards the club does seem bitter
 
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