“I hinted a lot of things and sometimes I regret some of the hints I put out there”, said Hodgson about the expected changes.
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“There weren’t many occasions when I thought the Dutch would score against us, but they did score two”. You’re scoring goals for England in your back garden.
Roy Hodgson is excited about England’s potential but refuses to get carried away with back-to-back wins over Euro 2016 favourites France and Germany.
Goals from Harry Kane, Jamie Vardy and Eric Dier saw an England team inspired by Dele Alli come from 2-0 down to beat Germany and while manager Roy Hodgson was quick to downplay the result’s importance, there was no disguising the ebullience of his youthful team’s display.
“There’s seven or eight games for these players to play and I, Ray Lewington and Gary (Neville) will be watching them very, very closely, alongside our other scouting staff of course”.
Captain James Milner was anonymous in the midfield, putting in another of those performances that leaves one wondering how he’s accumulated a half-century of caps.
Holland endured an abysmal qualifying campaign but Hodgson is still expecting a tough night at Wembley, where Danny Rose and the uncapped Danny Drinkwater will be amongst those trying to impress in England’s last match before the squad is announced on May 12. All we can do is keep doing what we are doing, to keep playing, as we have great belief.
Friendlies with Turkey, Australia and Portugal then await those selected, as do sessions analysing Tuesday’s 2-1 loss to a team that failed to even make Euro 2016.
“I’ve had the chance to assess a lot of players and I’m certain the two games will help me when I have to make that very hard decision over the 23 players who’ll get on the plane with us”, he said on ITV.
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“I was more disappointed that we didn’t reach the level of intensity or creativity that we did on Saturday night (against Germany)”, he said. When I went for the first time, I was probably the only one who hadn’t been. “He has always been keen to get back and show he deserves to be in the shirt and what better chance than a game at Wembley against a team like Holland”. “Hopefully, that might be to my advantage in the future, when I’m thinking about players and thinking about making decisions”. “I could have moved it a bit faster, but it was my debut, so I was happy”.
