Roy Hodgson Struggles to Regret Andros Townsend Monkey Comment

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Published: November 7, 2013

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England boss Roy Hodgson faced the media for the first time on Thursday since his infamous "feed the monkey" joke—reported by Oliver Holt of the Daily Mirror—grabbed headlines after the nation’s World Cup qualification victories over Montenegro and Poland.

The 66-year-old admitted the media fallout from the joke, which was merely aimed at expressing a wish to get the ball to Andros Townsend more often, irritated him, especially as the old NASA-styled quip appeared to be twisted by whoever leaked it to the press, per ESPN:

I'm not happy it happened. It was an innocent remark that was totally misconstrued. It's difficult to really regret innocent remarks, but I apologised and as far as I'm concerned the episode is over and done with.

Townsend, the player at whom Hodgson’s analogy was aimed, tweeted his support for the under-fire manager at the time of the event:



Hodgson has called for a line to be drawn under the incident, which produced enough coverage to tarnish England’s recent performances and automatic qualification for next summer’s World Cup in Brazil:

I'm not prepared to even discuss it any more, it happened, it's over. I'm pretty confident that everyone sees the episode for what it was, an innocent remark, totally misconstrued.

I don't think the players were too happy either because it should have been Steven Gerrard on the front page rejoicing. I don't want the achievement of the players getting to the World Cup to be tarnished any more.



The former Fulham, Liverpool and West Brom manager recently named his England squad to face Chile and Germany.

Southampton duo Jay Rodriguez and Adam Lallana were surprise inclusions in a squad that focuses on youth, per the FA’s official report. Townsend and Everton youngster Ross Barkley also retained their places after an impressive start to the season.
Article Source: Bleacher Report - International Football

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