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4.02pm: Bernstein says this is the first time an England manager has had any international experience. As if that's a bold innovation, rather than an oversight spanning two centuries.

4.01pm: FA chairman David Bernstein says the FA only approached one manager in its search. And they were after an England manager, if possible. Bernstein even pronounces Roy "Woy". This is synergy, ladies and gentlemen.

3.59pm: Some omens from Paul Griffin:

"1) No England manager who is a fan of Philip Roth has ever failed to win the World Cup. 2) No England manager who previously managed Malmo has ever failed to win back to back World Cups. 3) No Norwegian-speaking England manager has ever lost a game." I think Sven's Norwegian is passable. Anyway, here's Roy! With a tie! A blue tie!

3.58pm: A jug of water has been placed next to Roy's wine glass. The Guardian's first victory in its campaign to back our boysd at Euro 2012.

3.54pm: An empty wine glass has been placed by Roy's empty chair at the press conference. But no wine. Or water. Or even cyanide. The man's already been hung out to dry.

3.54pm: While we wait for live pictures of Roy Hodgson, why not take a tour of his career so far on up and coming video sharing website, YouTube.

3.50pm: Birmingham City's Chris Hughton has been asked if he would be interested in replacing Roy – at Wes Brom, not England (yet) – and blathered on about concentrating on the play-offs. That's a yes then.

3.46pm: By the way, Roy will stay in charge of West Brom for the final two games of the season. "Can I be the first to ask whether Redknapp was putt of the England job after being told he had a transfer budget of £0? How could he sell/sign/sell/resign Crouch and Defoe with that?" ponders Amitai Winehouse.

3.44pm: "I think he would be better served by using the Euros to bring in some new blood to the team and treating it as part of the World Cup preparation. No Stevie MBE, no Frank Lampard, no Ferdinand, no John Terry," says Graham Randall. "Everyone is already assuming the worst (ie out in the group stage) so why not look to the future instead of running out the same players that have failed the last few tournaments?" Well done to Wayne Rooney for starting that trend by ruling himself out of the first two games of Euro 2012.

3.41pm: Accordin to you, the reader, Roy is the correct choice. 63% of you backed him.

3.38pm: More pictures of that name tag on Sky Sports and it is still spelled correctly. Good signs of the consistency that was sometimes lacking under Capello. "Does this mean we get Fabio Capello," asks Pete Merrin. "As a West Brom fan, we'd welcome him but he may be a little disappointed by the variety of mansions in the Black Country."

3.35pm: First pictures in from the unveiling. The FA has managed to spell Roy's name correctly on his namecard, making its handling of this operation 364% more efficient than the usual farce at major championships/World Cup bids/jumble sales.

3.29pm: "Just checked the odds for World Cup Brazil 2014 and England are 14/1, sixth in the betting," writes Gary Naylor. "SIXTH! Uncle Roy must be a footballing genius if there are only
five national teams more likely than his to lift the trophy." Worrying news that, there are usually enough delusional punters out there to make England third-favourites.

3.26pm: The view from abroad:

stevies (below the line):

As a Scotsman I genuinely wish him well. He is a good manager and I reckon just what England need right now. However I hope the press and fans give him the chance to prove himself. Get off his back!

Pele:

Roy Hodgson is definitely the best manager in the world and England will definitely win the Euros/World Cup/Umbro Trophy. Unless I'm speaking in another country, in which case I'll plump for them.

3.21pm: Just to put a positive spin on Roy's appointment, people who have actually worked with him have endorsed the appointment. The world's best winger-turned-solicitor, Stuart Ripley, has described Hodgson as the "perfect candidate" and Martin Dahlin was so effusive in his praise, we devoted a whole article to him.

3.17pm: Roy has been given a four-year contract by the FA, which will see him through England's group stage exit at Euro 2012, their ill-fated trip to Brazil 2014 and up to their triumph at Euro 2016. Unless he gets sacked during their Euro 2012 group stage exit, or their ill-fated trip to Brazil 2014.

3.14pm: Welcome to live coverage of the unveiling of the new England manager. Who we already know is Roy Hodgson, which takes some of the tension out of the whole unveiling thing. But Barack Obama's inaugaration speech still got good viewing figures and we'd known he had won for ages. And the VE Day celebrations got loads of people out on the streets, even though everything had been wrapped up since D-Day. Read More

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