The first obstacle comes tonight in the shape of Moldova and England manager Roy Hodgson has been quick to roll out the, in my opinion redundant, cliché of, we need to show them respect it will be a difficult test, and so on.
Well it shouldn’t be if
we want to get to the World Cup, and considering that all the players in the
Moldovan squad available for selection to face England have a total of 11 goals
between them, and don’t play for any clubs in Europe’s top divisions, I think
we can be a little less apprehensive about the propostion of taking three
points.
Why can’t Hodgson just
be honest and say we expect to win, because that’s what everybody else expects,
if you think Moldova will be tough I’m dreading when we have to travel
to Kiev and Warsaw, later on in the group stages.One other important thing to remember going into tonight’s game, is that now Hodgson’s head is firmly on the chopping block should this qualifying campaign go pear-shaped.
After Capello departed everyone held back because they knew that Hodgson had a very limited time and despite being a little too negative he did about as well as could be expected.
But now he can’t go
around like David Cameron blaming the guy in charge before him, from tonight
onwards it’s all on him and no-one else, hopefully he’ll start by playing a
better, more attacking style of football and more importantly have a bit more confidence in the
group of players he has at his disposal.
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