Glenn Hoddle
Glenn Hoddle
Glenn Hoddleis an English former footballer and manager who played as a midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur, AS Monaco, Chelsea and Swindon Town and at international level for England. He was most recently first team coach at Queens Park Rangers having been appointed, on a part-time basis, to assist Harry Redknapp in the summer of 2014. However, following Redknapp's resignation in February 2015, Hoddle also left the club...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth27 October 1957
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Michael has got a 12-inch gash in his knee which has been stitched up,
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We are looking at the Premiership so players have got to fancy dropping down to the Championship and getting first team football rather than playing in the reserves.
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Nobody criticised me when we qualified for the World Cup when I decided that the best shape for us going forward was three men at the back and stretching the pitch width-wise, which gives you options.
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I often felt as a player in a 4-4-2, you end up being outnumbered in midfield and chasing the ball, so as a manager I liked wingbacks to push forward; it gives the midfield player on the ball three or four options.
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I have been here before as a spirit - this is just my physical body, it is just an overcoat. And at death, you will take the overcoat off.
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At this moment in time I did not say them things.
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As England manager I always felt we needed an extra man in midfield to retain the ball, but that was more as an attacking ploy to help create opportunities. It came from my experience playing international football in a 4-4-2 and spending half my time chasing the ball.
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I started the 1998 World Cup with Teddy Sheringham up front but always planned for Michael Owen to face Colombia in our final group game because they defended square and a quick striker would be able to exploit the space behind them.
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We won't start the postmortem on the season while there's still games to be played. We did enough to win on Saturday, but it didn't happen for us.
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I'm feeling the hurt more than the pressure,
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The last thing we wanted to do against United was concede an early goal. But, if we had got to halftime just one goal down, it could have been a real cup tie. The second goal was a poor one to concede and killed us off really.
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If you have got talent like Rooney you can play anywhere. He's proved that again today.
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If you look at every team to win the World Cup they have an extra-special player who can lift the team. We had Bobby Charlton in 1966. A player who can lift us to another level.
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Tim Sherwood has come in, done very well and given us another string to the bow in a different type of way.