I had that with all the Mancs at work. Quickly changed their tune when they saw how England played under him. I suppose when he isn't destroying your club, he does come across as a decent fella. I always thought he was OK until he came here as I never really paid attention to him. When you then have to endure him forelock tugging to Fergie and bigging up Northampton and Wolves while trumpeting himself and slagging off your club and fans, then the penny drops.
What amazes me is that this is the man who, when appointed to the Blackburn job, was an unknown in this country.
The media went on a PR job telling us how he was one of the most respected coaches in Europe.
He sank Blackburn, and you could argue that to this day they are still trying to recover from his disastrous stay at the club.
He took over a very strong side and made them look shite.
He came to us, with a squad containing internationals like Torres Gerrard Reina Carra. He made them play like dogshit. As a point of reference, think back to how the same players played under Kenny, specifically that return game against Wolves at their place.
He was jibbed off from here and ends up at England. We all knew what would happen, we warned everyone.
His first tournament and we bomb out of the World Cup , but we are told that he is putting an intellectual approach to the game in place, with woot and bwanch twansformation of the FA setup. So they let him have another tournament. England get knocked out by Iceland. Fucking Iceland!
We then see the Hodgson that Liverpool Fans know and hate.
Gone is the lovable Uncle Hodgson, with his bag of Werthers. And we see a snarky old bastard, full of his own arrogant ego.
Here is a man who has won fuck all, and blagged his way into the top jobs. In those top jobs he has been shown to be out of his depth, and ignorant of his own shortcomings.
Last night his ego surfaced again, the mask slipped and the bitter old get showed through.
He will be a messiah to those Palace fans who have suffered Pards and de Boer, because he will bring mediocrity of a level just above relegation. If Zaha gets injured, and he is prone, then Roy will struggle.
