SIMMO SAYS
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Surely no way back for him now ?
Hearse :
Surely no way back for him now ?
I know the perception of long ball is an albatross round his neck, but he was on Sky last season on one of those tactical manager shows talking in-depth about possession stats and he openly admitted West Ham had some of the worst possession stats in the division. He also pointed out that Swansea had the best stats but were still only 9th in the table.
What Hodgson has done with measured success is to make England keep the ball better. The sad thing is he's done pretty well with an ordinary squad and you wonder what Hodgson might have achieved with Sven's side.
That's a great stat!West Ham under Bilic have played more long balls than they did under Big Sam.
(That a Football Weekly FACT)
He is an analyst and always has been, He realised before many others that a huge percentage of goals came from set pieces, something that seems to have escaped Arsene Wenger for instance. To be fair, other managers cannot go along this route. The top teams have to play wonderful football and entertain. I think England fans would settle for winning! Be honest, if we went to the euros and played hoofball and we won, who would give a monkeys?
The last few years have been their most successful in terms of time in the top division and is possibly their longest unbroken period in the top division.
Looks like no one wants the job, cannot blame them though