Q: Why is Hoddle held in such high regard as a manager?

His club record is very meh post Swindon(!) and his international record consists solely of getting us knocked out in the last 16 of a major tournament (like we just have here).
And yet I frequently hear people discussing him as though it is a given that he is a good manager. I'm genuinely intrigued as to why.

Posted By: mr carra on June 28th 2016 at 13:04:39

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So the FA want to appoint an Englishman as the new head coach (Other Football) - strap_on sally, Jun 28, 12:59:27
- International football's such pish now, you'll need to choose between someone unproven... (Other Football) - bird table, Jun 28, 15:07:48
  - this is true - but on the rare occasions when a team do get a really good manager (Other Football) - Mecagoenti, Jun 28, 15:20:50
- Gareth Southgate (Other Football) - Dave in Switzerland, Jun 28, 14:39:06
- Claire (Other Football) - Dunney, Jun 28, 13:35:07
  - He said EnglishMAN (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 28, 13:38:58
    - H from Steps then? (n/m) (Other Football) - Huge Small, Jun 28, 13:43:05
      - He's Welsh. (n/m) (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Jun 28, 13:47:47
        
        Lee? (Other Football) - Huge Small, Jun 28, 14:03:47
        
        Lisa, FFS !! (n/m) (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Jun 28, 14:54:54
    - Equal opportunities (n/m) (Other Football) - Dunney, Jun 28, 13:42:06
- Trevor Brooking (n/m) (Other Football) - yellowman, Jun 28, 13:34:27
- rylan (n/m) (Other Football) - Tombs, Jun 28, 13:27:26
- Farage (n/m) (Other Football) - promethian1, Jun 28, 13:26:31
- danny baker (n/m) (Other Football) - Tombs, Jun 28, 13:25:37
- capello's meant to be quite good (n/m) (Other Football) - paulg, Jun 28, 13:24:13
- What utter tosh. (Other Football) - King, Jun 28, 13:15:36
  - do the English cricket and rugby teams ever have English coaches these days? (n/m) (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 28, 13:27:40
    - The rugby team always did until Jones was appointed last summer (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, Jun 28, 13:47:34
  - .... but the UK has just voted to leave the EU... so perhaps they considered that (n/m) (Other Football) - Larry Hagman, Jun 28, 13:21:10
  - isn't it against EU employment law? (Other Football) - Tombs, Jun 28, 13:20:03
    - Well quite (n/m) (Other Football) - King, Jun 28, 13:28:32
      - it is bizarre thinking (Other Football) - Tombs, Jun 28, 13:32:29
- Q: Why is Hoddle held in such high regard as a manager? (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 28, 13:04:39
  - A lot of the England players who played at 98 World Cup (Other Football) - Hit Squadie, Jun 28, 13:34:53
    - Players like managers who selected them (n/m) (Other Football) - Larry Hagman, Jun 28, 13:46:48
    - Rooney was saying the other day that the players liked Hodgson... (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 28, 13:37:25
  - It's something to do with the player he was, presumably? (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 28, 13:14:29
  - I rate him as a head coach, I enjoyed watching his England teams (Other Football) - strap_on sally, Jun 28, 13:10:56
    - prob because it was around the Gazza, Beckham, Shearer, Owen era............ (Other Football) - Larry Hagman, Jun 28, 13:18:40
- Agree. he'll only be an FA lap dog whoever they em (n/m) (Other Football) - berstreetsfinest, Jun 28, 13:00:56
  - what does that mean though? (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 28, 13:11:59
    - Agree about sponsors. We are the richest association in world football (Other Football) - berstreetsfinest, Jun 28, 14:42:47
      - The top players not playing abroad one is easy (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 28, 15:24:39
  - Employ (n/m) (Other Football) - berstreetsfinest, Jun 28, 13:01:13
- That was obviously going to happen in today's climate (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jun 28, 13:00:32
  - Slaven bilic for me (n/m) (Other Football) - berstreetsfinest, Jun 28, 13:01:59
  - But if they went foreign: Ranieri. (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jun 28, 13:01:01
    - Good shout, Ranieri deals with the media very well and always comes accross (Other Football) - strap_on sally, Jun 28, 13:06:58
      - he also lost to the Faroe Islands in his last game as an international manager (Other Football) - Mecagoenti, Jun 28, 14:47:37
      - Everybody likes Ranieri. Don't they? (n/m) (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 28, 13:12:57
        
        A month into the job and the media will begin the character (Other Football) - Pixelman, Jun 28, 13:15:07
        
        I do (n/m) (Other Football) - strap_on sally, Jun 28, 13:13:51

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