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ROY HODGSON

Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 22, 2017
Multiple issues keep Liverpool from contending
Despite being only five points behind joint-leaders Manchester City and Manchester United, Jürgen Klopp knows that Liverpool will not win the Premier League title. If Liverpool is some way behind the Manchester duo plus Chelsea in terms of defensive quality if not points, it has been lapped by the cream of Europe who will contest the Champions League.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Sep 2, 2016
Allardyce era begins with qualifier against Slovakia
The reaction will be as predictable as it is meaningless.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jul 1, 2016
Finding new England manager won't be an easy task
In any successful organization, forward planning is essential. The present quickly becomes the future so those at the sharp end of the business would constantly be formulating ideas and strategies for the next step.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jun 24, 2016
Slovakia selection gamble backfires on England's Hodgson
It had not been a good week for England manager Roy Hodgson.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jun 17, 2016
Hodgson's bold attitude puts England in favorable position
He chose the wrong team to start, but this time Roy Hodgson made the right substitutions and the 2-1 win over Wales on Thursday sees England with one foot in the knockout stage of Euro 2016.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jun 10, 2016
England unlikely to emerge with title at Euro 2016
In the National Football League they say offense wins games, defense wins championships. The spelling and terminology may be slightly different, but it is a similar story when it comes to the World Cup and European Championship.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jun 3, 2016
Time running out for Hodgson to tinker with lineup for Euro 2016
This was , the pundits said, the most potent attack England could select. Portugal beware. Harry Kane, Jamie Vardy and Wayne Rooney — the two leading goalscorers in the Premier League — plus England's record scorer starting a match together for the first time.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
May 20, 2016
Rooney assured spot in Euro 2016 squad; Rashford being scouted
Saturday's F.A. Cup final, in which the lowest-scoring Manchester United team in more than a quarter of a century is expected to beat Crystal Palace as comfortably as it can with such an impotent attack, will have two particular interests for England manager Roy Hodgson.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Mar 25, 2016
Friendly with Germany provides first test for England
Having had what amounted to a bye into the Euro 2016 finals — Switzerland, Slovenia, Estonia, Lithuania and San Marino barely made England break sweat — Roy Hodgson will have a better idea of how far his team has come since the 2014 World Cup when it takes on Germany in Berlin on Saturday night.
SOCCER
Jan 3, 2016
Neville says management isn't long-term goal
Former England and Manchester United defender Gary Neville is not targeting a long-term career in management and says he is "relaxed" about how long he stays at the helm of Spanish side Valencia.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 4, 2015
Valencia's hiring of Neville as manager most unusual
Only in football could an organization fill the most important position in the company with someone who has never done the job before and who cannot speak the language.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 20, 2015
Too early to forecast greatness for young gun Alli
Young players tend not to make significant impressions at international finals. There are exceptions, of course, notably Pele (1958 World Cup), Frank Beckenbauer (1966 World Cup) and Michael Owen (1998 World Cup), but generally football's top table is for the tried and trusted.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 12, 2015
Costa, Rooney in spotlight for Spain-England match
Two of the most high-profile strikers in Europe are set to go head-to-head in Alicante on Friday when Spain plays England, battling to prove it is still among the best in the business.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jun 12, 2015
England's qualification for Euro 2016 a virtual certainty
For a week we have been told how boring England were in the 0-0 draw against the Republic of Ireland. How Roy Hodgson's tactics are sterile. How the England players wear a tactical strait-jacket.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jun 5, 2015
Full security measures set for Ireland-England friendly
When the Republic of Ireland last played England in Dublin 20 years ago, the match was abandoned midway through the first-half because of rioting by visiting fans. Forty people were arrested after seats were ripped up and missiles thrown in the old Lansdowne Road ground.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Apr 3, 2015
Carrick's fragility an ongoing issue for club, country
According to Sir Alex Ferguson, his former Manchester United manager, Michael Carrick is "the best English player in the game."
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Mar 26, 2015
Hard to be optimistic about England's outlook
Roy Hodgson is pleased with the progress England has made since the debacle of Brazil 2014.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 16, 2015
Manchester United's high-priced squad fails to inspire
It is only Louis van Gaal's cv that is preventing him from receiving the sort of merciless criticism directed at David Moyes last season.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 18, 2014
Redknapp's future not secure at QPR
A month ago, Queens Park Rangers manager Harry Redknapp said he would "soon" be signing a new two-year contract. "It's all been drawn up, I just need to sign on the dotted line."
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 11, 2014
Thrashing San Marino of no value to anyone
It was the most pointless exercise in football — literally. San Marino, the worst European team ever to play international football, came to Wembley in its usual lambs-to-the-slaughter role and lost 5-0 on Thursday.

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