He insisted, however, that his players showed “good signs of good football” in three group stage games before they melted – Hodgson called it a “one-off” – against Iceland’s team drawn from a tiny pool of professional players among the island’s 330,000 people.
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Glenn paid tribute to Hodgson, but said it was time for England to analyse “the lack of performance at the business end of tournaments over a period of time” before appointing a new coach. I am really disappointed.
“As I said, it has got to be the best man or woman for the job”, he said.
“I thought Rooney could take the role but when it mattered he wasn’t able to do it”, Matthaus added.
Gareth Southgate has been named as the early frontrunner to replace Roy Hodgson as England manager following the 68-year-old’s resignation.
CHANTILLY, France Outgoing England manager Roy Hodgson on Tuesday denied reports that his players questioned his selection decisions before the embarrassing 2-1 defeat by Iceland which sent the team out of Euro 2016.
“I said before the tournament I’m proud to play for England, I’m interested and excited to see who the next manager is and if selected I’m available to play”.
“I think anybody who’s out there, who knows anything about football – who’s even played the game of football – will have some idea of how I feel today”. “It’s certainly the wrong day for me to be talking about it because the emotions are too raw”. I am still fragile.
“We had no indication from the players that they were anything but behind what we were doing, behind the game plans that we had”.
Hodgson has shipped criticism for his tactical approach and the uncertainty over his best team, while his loyalty to captain Wayne Rooney, Raheem Sterling and to a lesser extent Jack Wilshere, has divided opinion.
“I’m sure that these players will get better and better”.
“We knew they were a threat with the long throw, but didn’t deal with it, and the second goal was sloppy”.
He, FA technical director Dan Ashworth and FA vice-chairman David Gill, the former Manchester United director, will lead the search for Hodgson’s replacement.
But Rooney told Press Association: “In response to recent media reports, I’d like to say that is completely untrue”.
“It’s a national imperative that we become more resilient in tournaments”, he said.
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“Whoever the new manager is, it is the job for him to recognise and try to see where we need to improve”.
