This is why England suffered when Hoddle opened his stupid mouth

because hoddle was laying down the foundations of a good England side and set up

He wasn't popular in the slightest for taking Anderton, then Anderton played ok, and even scored an important goal. Owen sprung to life as the young naive striker

Beckham Anderton Scholes, Ince and Batty were a great mix in midfield, a mixture of a attack and tenacious tackling. Things looked right. He even took Ferdinand and said he had no intention of playing him, it was for the future of English football

Beckham got sent off, but England still battled for a well earned draw with Argentina, and even to a point, Campbell had a decent goal disallowed

Basically Hoddle was the first manager in my lifetime that looked to be doing all the right things, but he opened his mouth and left.

In came Keegan and inexperience and pressure got the better of him, and England were struggling until Erikson came along, a coach that can qualify but not perform at big tournaments

Posted By: pants on June 19th 2006 at 12:08:08

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Watching Ghana use the midfield diamond so well made me think (Other Football) - Old Git, Jun 19, 10:58:12
- A thought (Other Football) - The Judge, Jun 19, 11:43:48
  - for tomorrows game (Other Football) - Swiss Yellow, Jun 19, 11:52:48
  - You can't take the best crosser of the ball in the World at the moment from the wing (n/m) (Other Football) - conker, Jun 19, 11:51:05
    - Err why not? (Other Football) - The Judge, Jun 19, 13:06:53
- I don't see the problem, (Other Football) - pants, Jun 19, 11:07:41
  - True. BUt would you have the balls if you were Sven? (Other Football) - Old Git, Jun 19, 11:41:15
    - This is why England suffered when Hoddle opened his stupid mouth (Other Football) - pants, Jun 19, 12:08:08
      - Hoddle (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 19, 12:36:02
        
        From seeing Southgate at Euro 96, I started to think (Other Football) - pants, Jun 19, 12:38:03
        
        I wouldn't have... (Other Football) - Fierce Panda, Jun 19, 12:40:12
        
        Milky Milky (n/m) (Other Football) - conker, Jun 19, 12:46:12
  - they might not have qualified if they hadn't picked Zidane though (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 19, 11:11:22
    - He's been on the bench for Real throughout most of last season (Other Football) - pants, Jun 19, 11:17:14
- I think all the non-european teams have looked very fluid in poscession (Other Football) - Swiss Yellow, Jun 19, 11:06:21
  - really? (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 19, 11:09:51
    - I think it Mexico, Paraguay, Costa rica, South Korea, Japan (Other Football) - Swiss Yellow, Jun 19, 11:18:47
      - Korea and Japan were rubbish yesterday (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 19, 11:29:56
        
        I'm not talking about result or creating chances....just the way they kept pocession and (Other Football) - Swiss Yellow, Jun 19, 11:46:23
- Maybe it would work this way (Other Football) - conker, Jun 19, 11:03:02
  - I think you'll find (Other Football) - Old Git, Jun 19, 11:40:29
    - Maybe some might see why I thought the 4 4 2 against Jamaica was a waste of a friendly (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Jun 19, 11:57:20
  - Hargreaves instead of Carrick?Are you stark raving Eriksson? (n/m) (Other Football) - Mushy Pea, Jun 19, 11:16:03
    - Would Carrick get in the Bayern team? (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Jun 19, 11:21:06
      - would hargreaves get in the spurs team? (n/m) (Other Football) - Swiss Yellow, Jun 19, 11:22:06
        
        No... (Other Football) - Brom, Jun 19, 11:27:24
        
        Would Bayern Munich beat Spurs? (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Jun 19, 11:22:45
        
        but would Bayern beat Spurs because of Hargreaves...I don't think so (Other Football) - Swiss Yellow, Jun 19, 11:29:36
        
        Yet the manager at Bayern says Hargreaves is the best player in his side (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Jun 19, 11:30:57
        
        I'm not arguing that Hargreaves is crap...I don't believe he is (Other Football) - Swiss Yellow, Jun 19, 11:42:50
        
        Spurs tried to sign Hargreaves, then bought Carrick instead (Other Football) - pants, Jun 19, 11:53:41
        
        Where has he said that? (Other Football) - Brom, Jun 19, 11:37:21
        
        google it (Other Football) - pants, Jun 19, 11:40:07
        
        Not that bothered... (Other Football) - Brom, Jun 19, 11:56:35
        
        What's that supposed to mean? (Other Football) - pants, Jun 19, 11:59:00
        
        No... (Other Football) - Brom, Jun 19, 12:02:28
        
        you normally need to (Other Football) - pants, Jun 19, 12:10:07
        
        Would the Nuggets beat the Spurs? (n/m) (Other Football) - conker, Jun 19, 11:25:16

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