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Is that stat true!? What kind of opposition was he up against?

mad, think he had the swiss ranked 2nd in the world at one point. remember watching his swiss side once and thinking what a great team they were, also he had fulham playing great too..just couldn't make head nor tails out of our crap lot..he may do well with eng

Of course its true, am not sure what opposition he was against but he was never with a top team so basically he had to face bigger teams since there is a seeding system.

He'll probably do ok. Depends on whether "ok" is good enough, of course.

He'll be stuck with a set of players and perhaps that's what he's good at. As Snakeye points out he did rather well with the Swiss (P41 W21 D10 L10), had them ranked 3rd in the world, though he couldn't get past the quarter finals at the 1994 World Cup (perfect for England who are eliminated at the same stage every time it seems).

But yes, that was 17 years ago, and his more recent form suggests England will win closer to 33% than 50% of their games, and he won't last long.

Look at the teams, i think an england team led by hodgson would beat france. I dont fancy them to get a draw even off ukraine, and sweden? got to be a draw. I dont see us getting out the group. Still, would also love it if hodgson took them on a run Gonna be a funny old tournament...

Would any manager get us out of the group stage though? Our players just aren't as good as people make out.

Not if Terry is running the show. The same malaise at Chelsea exists for England, and Hodgson will never sack an influential player. Maybe it's a good thing Pearce will pick the squad?

cant believe some of the utter hatered towards him and people wishing him bad luck just unbelievable , ok he failed at liverpool not the only manager to fail at liverpool but he is well respected by the rest of the country done well in his other jobs respected at UEFA has tournament and international experience i wish 100% good luck for the england job , personally i have no interest in england winning or losing but sven, robson, taylor,capello, keegan all failed so why not give roy a chance GOOD LUCK TO HIM

who wished him bad luck,,,,?

not on here people like tony evans the times and others around ok he failed at liverpool but he doesnt deserved the hatered towards him .