LONDON (Reuters) - Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson faces a familiar salvage operation as he bids to turn round the fortunes of a club who tried to introduce a new philosophy and got badly burned. Frank de Boer’s attempt to bring "Total Football" to Selhust Park lasted 77 days and Palace immediately turned to a highly experienced manager in Hodgson who is no stranger to such situations. However, the more pragmatic on the Selhurst Park terraces will appreciate a manager who keeps things simple. After his unhappy spell as England manager Hodgson will hope his revival project at Selhurst Park, just a few miles from where he was born, has a similar positive effect. “If there are problems in the team in terms of organisation and structure, Roy will get down to work at them straight away,” Terry Burton, who worked alongside Hodgson at West Brom, told the Guardian.

Source: The Star September 15, 2017 13:52 UTC