Is It Time to Give Roy Hodgson and England a Break at Euro 2016?

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Published: June 18, 2016

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Rare is it that even-handed characters prove so divisive. To poll the general public in England as to whether Roy Hodgson is doing a good job or a bad one in France would be to toss a coin in the air.

Just as there is no such thing as a three-sided coin, it seems there is precious little room for grey in the black-and-white world of the England manager.

He can't be doing fine. It's either good or bad. Boos or cheers. Just ask Raheem Sterling. I'd definitely donate to a JustGiving page fundraising to send to France (or preferably Switzerland, one way) anyone who donated to a JustGiving page fundraising to send Sterling a plane ticket home from France. 



To many, Hodgson is a relic. Antiquated to the point of being redundant in the modern game, in which its most innovative coaches have reinvented the wheel to the extent it is rumoured the ball will be square next season. To his detractors, the boldness he showed in turning the game around against Wales deserves scant praise, as the perilous situation England found themselves in was of his own design.

It's hard to champion the effect at full-time when the cause spent much of the preceding 90 minutes blowing out his cheeks and looking to the heavens. It wasn't just Daniel Sturridge thanking God at the final whistle, at least according to those of the opinion if you split Hodgson in two, he'd have conservatism spelt out through the middle of him like a stick of Blackpool rock.

Except, as England make the journey from Lens to Saint Etienne for Monday's final group game against Slovakia, they do so aware a win would guarantee them safe passage to the last 16 as group winners. All on the back of a victory over Wales that saw England finish the game with four of the five strikers Hodgson brought to France (much to the derision of many who worried about a lack of cover at centre-half) on the field and chasing a winner.

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