by Guest Sun Jun 10, 2012 11:36 am
"If it's torrid I hope that it's for the right reasons,'' Hodgson said. "By that, I mean because the players have let myself and the team down very badly, we have played very badly and that fair-minded people watching us are thinking, 'my God, what are they doing.'
"And if that does happen, I will learn an awful lot about what I need to do in the coming couple of years to make sure it doesn't happen in Brazil in 2014 (at the World Cup). I can honestly say that's the thing that could make it really torrid for me if I get a totally different in the games from what I am expecting to see from these players.''
Because Hodgson has been encouraged by what he's seen in the friendlies - 1-0 wins over Norway and Belgium - and the few training sessions since the three-month search to replace Fabio Capello ended in early May.
"If (the players) have conned me into thinking I am working with a good bunch here and this is a bunch who won't let me or the team or the nation down, then suddenly in three games they really do, then that for me would be the real painful blow,'' Hodgson said. "Much more painful than if I have to read that I got the team wrong or I should have picked this player or done that or the penalty spot wasn't bright enough.''
He's a prick. Ha, lowering expectations and talking about a possible disaster. But, hey, It's not his fault if that happens. It's all the players fault. He is perfect, and so is his shit style of football.
France are going to batter them.
