“My emotions are obvious ones”. It was never to the same extent as a defeat like that against Iceland, but I know exactly how those players will be feeling after disappointing in a major tournament. Hopefully I can stay somewhat in football but I don’t think I would go into some new job.
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On Monday, the Swede oversaw England’s latest downfall as Iceland dumped them out of Euro 2016.
He said that he was “not ruling out a non-English coach” and Hodgson, who made a reluctant appearance alongside Glenn at England’s Chantilly media centre, said that the nationality of his successor should not be an issue. We didn’t play well last night. I think he could have been an fantastic manager, but he has not been in the game for such a long time. I suppose that’s partly because people are still smarting from our poor performance and the defeat. “Every time I look at myself in the mirror I realise that I should take it easier in the future”.
“As you can understand I’m very fragile today”.
Chief executive Glenn said nationality would not be a factor in the new appointment, but Hodgson would be proud to see an Englishman succeed him. We have got to get the right person. “Now we go home as losers in the last 16 and we maintain that wretched record of not winning a knockout game in a tournament”.
Former FA chairman David Bernstein has backed Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce to be the next England manager, after Roy Hodgson left his position on Monday.
Glenn said the FA would not appoint an interim manager if he felt it would jeopardise qualification for the World Cup and conceded it was “unlikely” the FA would wait for a year, but admitted it was not inconceivable.
“I don’t really know what I’m doing here”, Hodgson said.
Southgate, 45, who had an unremarkable spell as manager of Middlesbrough but is perhaps best known for missing a spot-kick in the Euro 96 semi-final penalty shoot-out defeat against Germany, is the strong 2-1 favourite with the British bookmakers.
“I met Glenn Hoddle on the plane on the way back, and he said (they were) scared to death”, Dyke added.
England captain Wayne Rooney insists Roy Hodgson always had the players’ support, labelling reports they had lost faith in the outgoing manager “completely untrue”.
The quote reads: “The English players showed us a complete lack of respect”.
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Yet once at the actual tournaments, England seemed to crumble and take that hope and shove it squarely where it hurts us most.
