Roy Hodgson says England need to "breed" new generation who can handle pressure of expectation

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Judi Online -   Roy Hodgson has admitted England must “breed” a new generation of players who are strong enough to handle the pressure.


England boss Hodgson claims the whole squad feels the responsibility of the nation and it hits them hard when they go out of major tournaments.

But Hodgson, in an interview with Sport magazine, admits his biggest job is to bring through a group of players who are mentally strong enough to cope.

Hodgson said: “I would defend the players to the hilt on this. We have had failures, when going out of Euro 2012 on penalties, and in particular at the World Cup.

But I would never believe or listen to anyone telling me it is because the players didn’t want it enough.

“I think freeing people of the stress and pressure of expectation is a very easy thing to talk about, but very hard to actually then achieve.

Agen BetTing Judi Online Terpercaya -  We have to try and make certain, as we go forward with a very young group of England players, that they are capable of accepting this pressure.

Because we can’t change it – we can’t ask the media to treat us more kindly or not ask too much from us. We can’t ask the fans not to want or expect or hope that England might win tournaments.

“That’s a given. It’s always going to be there, so we have to breed players who are mentally strong enough to say: ‘I know this, I understand this, but I trust in myself and my ability, and I believe that my teammates and I are good enough to do it.’

“That is what we are constantly talking about and working on. I get so little time with the players on the field, so a lot of my job is on that leadership front, about man-management.”