GLEN HODDLE - A TOUCH OF GENIUS - GLEN HODDLE - SWINDON TOWN FC- CHELSEA FC- ENGLAND - PART TWO

[@shaunbutler6395]

Best player in a Swindon shirt I have ever seen. Passed a ball into the net from 30 yards into the top right corner of the net. Superb memories Glen.

[@TheIkaraCult]

My dad, lifelong Spurs fan, took me to see our local club (Brentford) play Swindon in 92 because he wanted to be able to say that i'd also seen the best player he'd ever seen.

[@richardevans7035]

Glenn hoddle was on another level to any other English midfielder, even as England manager he was making the players look crap in training

[@robconnell68]

Hodds was and still is my favourite Spurs player EVER , COYS !!!!!

[@kiely4561]

probably one of the best england managers we've had, just a shame it ended how it did, there was alot of unfinished business under Glen

[@TheIkaraCult]

It's true what was said at about 9.45 - even as 40 year old manager, Glenn Hoddle was probably more skilful than most players in that England team. Get well soon Glenn.

[@tottenhamhotspurish]

Rangda Rangda - He’s looking great now, as you probably know✌️

[@shanet5604]

9:45 See what I did there ?

[@lochlandominik9212]

i guess it's pretty randomly asking but does anybody know of a good website to watch new tv shows online?

[@ryang790]

Wow.. For a team like Swindon in division 2 or 3 to play 3-5-2 is bloody unheard of, but Hoddle KNEW his stuff at the highest level. That in some eyes may not be realistic playing that way at a lower level, but why wait till you get to a higher level to play that way?? you may as well aim at the highest standard where ever you are and leave those dinosaurs around in ur wake, and that's what he did. He got that Swindon team playing real good football and ALOT of people started to take notice of him again.

[@chriscross5617]

No-one in England could (or can) EVER name a single member of the F.A. board. There should be a clause that if England fail to qualify for the knock-out stage of a major tournament the entire F.A. board should be named, shamed and sacked. And how can they suggest that Hoddle was 'arrogant' and THEN interview Matt LeTissier as though he was hard-done-by. He was a good player - but nothing more

[@DiscordantVice]

Legend. Perryman said it best, England wasted him as a player and manager. technically most talented player spurs ever had, and we’ve had a few. The journalist entrapped him. Yes if he said that it was wrong but it’s freedom of speech and he should never have been sacked. Think what he could have moulded that team into. All the success France had in 98 2000 we could have had!

[@shanet5604]

Calm down,he was a good manager and would have went far at tournaments but don’t tell me they’d have won both of those,it was too early and the teams around at that time were way ahead ! 🇮🇪

[@KebabMusicLtd]

Makes you wonder what might have been had he remained as England manager. The media were always going to hang-him out to dry, probably considered him a bit of a career manager, never stayed anywhere long enough to really determine how good or bad his management style would be. Possibly the best England manager (to date) of the last 30 years

[@Kevin-ro1fo]

The neurological part of his spirituality has been proven to work He was a great all round tactical manager advanced above for his time

[@waynebaker3481]

Glenn hoddle super legend

[@savinecycles]

An absolute LEGEND!!!!

[@tattoojools]

Absolute legend no other English player had the skills what Hoddle had Comments to media is blown way out of context at the time ,what a waste the best English manager could have been ,would take him as Spurs manager again any day

[@NH-bz9jv]

Had Hoddle been Italian, French or Spanish he’d have got 100+ caps for his country. He was 30 years ahead of his time in terms of technical ability AND I’m certain that had the FA not been crusty old men who sacked him England would have won the World Cup by now. Legend.

[@davidbrooks187]

100% agreed . A Genius wasted.

[@NH-bz9jv]

@@davidbrooks187 yes mate.

[@davidbrooks187]

@@NH-bz9jv I’ve got published in the “Tottenham till I die the voices of Spurs supporters” book saying exactly that. Hoddle do is the most skilful player England ever produced. #COTS #TTiD

[@NH-bz9jv]

@@davidbrooks187 100%, I’m not even a Spurs fan BUT growing up I really tried to be like him, he was my football hero. Literally world class.

[@davidbrooks187]

@@NH-bz9jv the whole of football could see it apart from the English FA unfortunately. Hoddle is revered around the world as a genius footballer by the footballing greats including, Platini, Maradona, Cruyff, and many more. The FA should hold their heads in shame forever for wasting the most incredible talent we’d had in decades.

[@philmccrackin2559]

As a swindon fan I don’t blame him for leaving but it’s sad to think what we could have been. It’s league 2 football for us now. It could have very different.

[@chrisdawson6156]

I'm a Swindon Town fan aswell and I wished he stayed at the time he did a fabulous job getting us in to the Premier league

[@greenhithemafia]

Chelsea are the team now because of Glenn, Yes Roman money obviously helps but if we hadnt had Glenn as our manager bringing in Guillt, Hughes and then so so.

[@JagBetty]

Glenn is my football hero...England lost a great manager and have suffered ever since......could he come back.? I don’t know after his heart attack it might be difficult but he could be a mentor. A special talent as usual wasted by bureaucrats and do Gooders. Say what you want, but no there’s always someone ready to bring you down.

[@mashwork6615]

Finally england are starting to adapt to the way modern footballers play. Starting to play out from the back, recycling possession, high press, fullbacks bombing forward. Now we’re finally producing technically gifted players it’s just about given them the gametime.

[@steliosc.4686]

What a talent. What a player. True Legend. He knows football better than anyone else on this planet.

[@SD-li9g]

My favourite player of all time

[@roatanowl8791]

great footballer, best of his era in england. sad he could not recognise the talents of le tiss and gazza

[@redflag8970]

he had no time himself for players of skill an dropped becks owen gazza didnt give tiss a chance.

[@marccas10]

Always record your interviews with journalists.

[@MadMax-dr6mf]

HOOORRRH-DUL!!!! His loss was England's, at player and coaching level. I always say that the FA have it in for truly innovative guys, people who think outside the box. Alf Ramsey's funeral they didn't even send a representative. He won the world cup in spite of them, not in collusion with them, fighting their dictates all the way apparently. They want only yes men in the job, irrespective of how they perform, and are quick to ditch people who look as though they might achieve something. Bobby Robson was probably the exception.

[@oscoe]

Great documentary....Steve Perryman said "English football wasted him", and theres a lot in that, but its ironic that two of our other greatest talents who were (mis) managed by Glenn were also wasted - Le Tissier and Gazza. Le Tissier was really "Hoddle with Goals"...and could have been one of the greatest England players ever with the right management.

[@millerchassis6119]

I remember that 98 World Cup Being australian growing up in a era when we didn't qualify for ages. I would proudly support England as most of the premier leugue heros played in the squad. I don't know what it's like over there But from over here it seems like your media wants England to do badly. And gets to chose when a manager is done. I pray that Gareth southgate points out that the media needs to step off.

[@Devilsharck]

I don't think the media wants/wanted England to do badly, they just want to sell newspapers and make money. These days we call it "clickbait" The press have been doing it since the beginning. If just the tiniest inconsequential bit of negativity comes out from a person of interest the press would blow it up to make it seem a million times worse than it is, just for the sake of a headline, and the opposite also applies, where if just the tiniest inconsequential bit of positivity comes out from a person of interest the press would blow it up to make it seem a million times greater than it is. The press care about one thing and one thing only, making money. If a person or persons needs to be trampled or elevated to do so, then they will without regret or remorse.

[@spurs541]

World class in any era

[@jemmawebb28]

Have you ever seen what Hoddle actually said? That Journalist totally lied and made a lucrative career out of it . If Hoddle lost his job over that then ALL religious leaders should be denounced

[@1964Costas]

Jemma Webb, Hoddle was a brilliant player & a great coach/manager. Absolutely Brilliant in both but what he said was "silly" and unrelated to football. He made a huge mistake!!

[@r3d3y3si]

@@1964Costas you hit the nail on the head. It was nothing to do with football. He should not have lost his job over his belief.

[@katyb6979]

Undoctrinated Absolutely agree with every word you say (type?) Why else do people secretly record the interviews themselves these days? So they can demonstrate that they've been misrepresented/misquoted. Except the corrupt MSM won't ever show the actual account given, instead of their BS!

[@grimegarage09isplop]

Even had he said he believes "people born disabled are being punished for sins in a previous life" it should not mean he be sacked. All manor of heinous acts and opinions are protected by so called religious freedoms. That is of course the exceptions of being Christian and disagree with 1, abortion and 2, gay marriage then you're fair game to be labelled/black listed as a fascist and a bigot. The double standards of political correctness/SJW/facist far left/alt left wing/millennial "you don't have the right to offend me or anyone else because im so precious, entitled but I've got the right to silence your freedom of expression/belief because I'm morally in the right" is what's wrong with society and Glenn was a victim of its early inception.... he didn't tow the line and was made a scapegoat for failure at France98 (after the media had gone too far in their campaign of trying to destroy Beckham -out of jealousy- the public started to see the media for what it is and begin to question the tone and agenda they were being fed) it was time to change tact and distract attention. LET'S GET GLENN, HE DIDN'T TAKE GAZZA, HE HAS A FAITH HEALER, WE KNOW BEST WE'RE WRITERS, HE'S TO BLAME, THE PUBLIC ARE STARTING TO SYMPATHISE WITH BECKHAM AND BLAME US. Let's not forget all the critism they gave him for playing Anderton ahead of Beckham. Total hypocrites. As I said before my rant. Had he actually believed and said the way was reported, so what.!!!!... he should never have lost his job because of it.... the F.A, Tony B'liar, media are all weasels, spineless, corrupt.

[@shanet5604]

Now,he’s available as an assistant coach to England ?? See how the F.A haven’t changed to suggest it ?? And I’m Irish !!

[@TheIkaraCult]

Glenn in the 80s was as good a player as we've ever had. Imagine if he'd have been trained as a centre back,

[@oysterman250]

Steve Perryman's summary is probably pretty spot-on in capturing, in a nutshell, Glenn Hoddle's experiences as both a player and as a coach/manager. In many ways, we were lucky to have him grace our football grounds (and TV screens) as a player and later as a coach but, as always with the extraordinarily gifted, never for long enough: there will always be some people seeking to bring successful people back to the gutter with as hard a thump as they can engineer. It used to be the tabloid press in those days. (These days, it's SJWs and the twisted agenda of the so-called liberal left (Far Left) So, maybe it's a good thing for Glenn that he left the England job when he did. These days, he's the wrong gender, the wrong sexual orientation, the wrong colour, the wrong nationality (probably), the wrong social-demographic group, the wrong religion, the wrong... everything. Sorry. Turned into a bit of a rant!

[@DiamondDNA]

Interesting link between tabloid press and modern day liberal thinking. Whether we like it or not, change is a constant.

[@brianoreilly239]

Most of the media/rags in this country are right wing you moron. Please let me know when The Mail, The Sun , The Express, The Telegraph etc start to air views that resemble anything remotely 'left wing'.

[@KebabMusicLtd]

@@brianoreilly239 Exactly. These right-wing fascist nancies are always trying to blame everything on the left-of-centre. Conveniently overlook the fact that it is their own right-wing gutter media like The Sun, Express, Mail that are only happy to undermine the success of anyone from a working-class background, or anyone who has an alternative opinion to themselves. The now defunct News Of The World was a prime example of these rats.

[@paulricketts10]

So true! I'm really fed up of these never ending foreign female, black, gay Muslim managers running our England men's team.

[@stephentrout7879]

Le Tissier was a player about 15-20 years ahead of his time, imagine his ability now in a common False 9 position, technically able to bring others in, scoring goals from anywhere, but in those days you had to be physical and kick people, it cost Hoddle, Scholes and Gerrard Englnd Caps in their peak years, this ancient philosophy.

[@scoop2963]

Hoddle didn't pick le tissier for the world cup. Even though le tiss scored a hat trick in the warm up game before hoddle announced his squad. Food for thought..

[@solti235]

😲 ohhhhhww now I know who glen hoodie is. he was the man who didn’t select Gaza for the World Cup.

[@Timekeeper1200]

Sums the fa up that they sacked him. Revolutionary coach who could have gone very far with the players available at the time

[@marccas10]

The Gascoigne decision was a mistake. I have no doubt that Gazza was disruptive and distracting but could have made a difference in the Argentina game when Beckham was sent off. He would have spooked the Argentinians.

[@shanet5604]

And of course,Gazza made it about himself… Then admitted Hoddle was right !

[@darrendouglas3704]

No English fan should have shred respect for man wrecked English dressing room spirit GAZZA real legend

[@sihammer7942]

In the 48 years that I've been on this planet, England has been plagued, in + outside of football, by poor leadership......... it continues to this day, sadly. The 50 odd caps, Glenn got for England, in a period when we were mediocre on a good day, painfully reflect this........... Platini suggested 150 caps would have been more fitting, but those at the helm thought otherwise............... The decision to terminate his managerial post was another act of incompetence by those who are supposed to be among the most capable. The whole affair was a sorry farce, orchestrated by our sports writers, their overgrown sense of self-importance + laughably hypocritical moralising, all which served as a 12th man for the opposition better than any one man you could ever hope to have on the bench.......... Whatever was, or wasn't said, on the subject that led to Glenn's dismissal, it was the Times, I believe, whose writer was no doubt delivering a journalistic masterclass by allowing the interview to enter into territory more suited, perhaps, to that where you'd think he was interviewing the Arch Bishop of Canterbury*........ ffs!!!! Let's hope our hacks don't decide Southgate isn't to their taste + snag him up on his views on............ gardening, or some other irrelevance.......... So, to my mind, it's patently clear that where Hoddle + England, are concerned, pitifully poor leadership is right at the core of the decisions made in this area, perhaps you'll agree???? I am, of course, ridiculously, wholly + absolutely biased....... an insult to any claim of impartiality.......... I'm as partial as it gets!!!! I grew up in a strict, Tottenham household, the youngest of 4, attending games I haven't forgotten, I never remembered them to begin with.......... you can't forget what you never remembered, if you see my point?.?........ Supporting Spurs was never a choice, for me, any more than the colour of my eyes was....... It wasn't an oppressive thing, I was free to support whoever else I wanted to.......... + if I'd decided to do that, the choice of where else I would live, would have been mine, too!!!?!?!? Like most families, there was a belief system, a code of conduct, + a football club....... it's healthy tribalism......... it's tribalism, anyway! Hoddle, in the 'Hammer Tribe', was like how a patron saint is to a catholic family........ a couple of rungs below a god....... faultless + blameless, + you certainly don't 'dis' the man........ not in front of Mum........ say what you like about me, she may have agreed with you......... not Glenn, though....... other people's mums, we all know, can be terrifying + as we all have, they, too, have their triggers............ pull a trigger + what follows can be fearsome.......... oh, dear, you don't want to know........ God rest her soul...... To summarise + conclude, biased, or otherwise............ if you're unsure which camp I fall into, you really haven't been paying attention?!? I'm to the far right of biased....... a long walk east of Hitler! However, by no means does this mean that what I've said about Sir Glenn (alright, I know...... he's not a 'Sir'** ) isn't spot on................ because it is! I'm not saying I'm right............ no, sorry....... that's precisely what I'm saying......... I'm right, you may disagree? In which case, you'd be wrong! Now that's all sorted out, I'll say 'cheerio'......... well done, by the way, for reading what isn't much, but many folks would go on about it as though it were....... Reality Check: Less than 600 words, to this point, so, less than 2 minutes reading time, on average. * who, by the way, is all Yid! ** a final insult to anything you might consider to be a form of leadership. Hoddle has never been honoured, Harry Kane, just last month, received an MBE, Garth Crooks, Gary Mabbutt, both did before him........ + Arse Wanger is an honorary knight! Even, Ian Wright has been honoured!!!!!!!!!!! It's a bloody outrage......... we nearly lost Glenn, recently........... I will just add, I'm not getting any younger, either....... I rest my case.

[@kdlofty]

Hell of a player, hell of a manager. But as far as i'm aware, he's never actually cleared up what he said?

[@tottenhamhotspurish]

Eileen Drewery couldn’t have been that bad, she did help sick-note (Darren Anderton)😫

[@kevingriffiths9787]

If she made sick note recover, she must be a miracle worker

[@philmccrackin2559]

Swindon till I die 🔴⚪️❤️

[@Robhalifax]

Great player. Great coach. Bit odd.

[@fitasatrout8879]

SepticSceptic 😂👍

[@cliveyoulton8085]

It's Glenn...

[@MrStacey1983]

As an Irishman I really think england fucked up sacking Glenn hoddle.he wasa great manager and would of possibly won the euros or gone really far in world cups.and I think they fucked up with Big Sam aswell.he would of really done well with england.2 great managers.I know Gareth southgate got yous to the semis of the world cup but let's be fair yous had a really easy route to the semis.I don't really know about southgate only time will tell but yous really messed up with them 2 managers.

[@villan81]

You can’t put Allardyce in the same category as Hoddle 😂😂😂 Jesus Wept! Hoddle had style, Allardyce was a hoof wanging bungle c***

[@strangetranceoffaith]

COYS till I die

[@Vortigan07]

English geniuses are always treated poorly. Glenn's England career as a player would have been very different if it had been under Brian Clough.

[@grimegarage09isplop]

Possibly. But Clough bought Stan Bowles from QPR and then wouldn't play him the majority of away games because "he's no good away from home"... Even Clough 'may' have wasted him also. Just a thought.

[@Kevin-ro1fo]

A genius that fell because of his religious beliefs on people with disabilities that struck him off his post

[@Valisk131]

You are so right.

[@Gerbera726]

It's kind of ironic that people think that disabled people are that way because of their past since when christianity rejects reincarnation. Also, people back then believed in some asinine things.

[@Gerard_2024]

Should have confined his comments to football and avoided airing personal opinions on non-football matters. Having said that, the journalist in question was a prick.

[@mitchsullo]

bit weird all that faith healing and bagging out disabled people

[@Chief_Brody]

they deserve it and have done wrong in a previous life.

[@sundijohnson552]

Strange he left out Gazza and didn't get on with Le Tissier as they were very similar players to him. This and his comment's about disabled people were his only two misdemeanours.

[@peterwood-jenkins3634]

Gazza was showing signs of his loony self , and thats why he got left out not as fit as he had been the Alcohol was taking over, just like George Best who went the same way not forgetting Greaves

[@sundijohnson552]

True, but even a crazy semi alcoholic Gazza, although some what of a liability had the talent and skills to get England to at least another semi finals...

[@redflag8970]

i always felt he had a jealous streak an didnt want to give a platform to players like himself maybe because he felt short changed

[@DingKong]

Gazza was woefully unfit. In the previous match he played for England he could barely move. Sadly, he would have been a passenger in that world cup squad.

[@Nick-yb9xz]

He is was aloof and arrogant. Hoddle was a good player. But a documentary about him really?

[@NeilMalthus]

You obviously know fuck all about football if you think he was just a 'good' player.

[@daltoninthelionsden]

You watched it. I’m sure you could have found a different one

[@richardevans7035]

All world class footballers are arrogant

[@grimegarage09isplop]

@@richardevans7035 like Ronaldinho??? Not all of them.!!! Surely some are humble, law of averages...

[@edmundwood3334]

Swindon Town horrible club. Rotten.

[@savinecycles]

An absolute LEGEND