Roy Hodgson - do I care?

So the shock announcement this week was the appointment of Roy Hodgson as England manager. Given previous appointments, this is not a huge surprise.

I do actually admire Roy Hodgson, I believe he is a very good coach and has good tactical abilities. The problem I see is how he will handle a high profile job and whether he can do what no other manager has been able to do and harness the talents of the England team and get the best out of them.

England should be competing with the best at every tournament but we often fall short, and that is not always the fault of the manager but the structure of our football, the philosophy we install in our youngsters and the lack of proper technical training at grassroots level.

I have not been inspired by an England manager since Terry Venables and I am still completely apathetic to this current England team and management. Hodgson's appointment, while it may have been good in another time, I believe is wrong for this moment. England need an inspired manager, who will generate excitement both on and off the pitch, whoever that may be, I am sure that is not Roy Hodgson.

I hope he does succeed, but I fear he won't and he will suffer much derision like his predecessors.