Originally Posted by pete137:
“Actually if it had happened now would he have been sacked at all. Remember, that to all intents and purposes, Hoddles comments were from his religious beliefs, however wrong we may find them, and in todays world would the FA sack a person due to their religion ? It would be dodgy ground.”
Im sorry, but i cannot agree with you there.
As a thought experiment, replace the word "disabled" in his comments with another minority group until you find one that would be unacceptable. (clue - they all are).
Can you imagine in 2016 the england manager attacking disabled children in such a way? They would be sacked before the sun fell below the horizon.
If we ignore his awful comments, take a look at his record. Out of football management for 10 years after failure after failure - his last dismissal from lowly Wolves. His experiment with QPR and fellow idiot Redknapp was an utter, utter disaster.
Why have no clubs come in for him? We constantly hear that "hoddle has thrown his hat in the ring", only to find that no chairman wants him - none of the 92 clubs! What does this tell you?
If we ignore his comments, and his record and that he has not had a job in 10 years, and his commentry is so absent of insight, sometimes not describing that the replay is showing him in super slow mo ("great save by joe hart"??), lets look at his methods?
Employing faith healers, (thats a "psychic" michael owen, not a psychologist)
Putting into place superstitions and rituals to win, rather than, you know, coaching.
Is he really the best of the best?
This man is a charlatan, and one step away from court for hate crimes. He would be a disaster worse than hodgson and Mcclaren combined.
Im also sick of hearing that the best ex-players (like gerrard and lampard) should pick the next manager. Why?
Its ridiculous