Roy Hodgson for England is a shock choice and maybe a wrong one

At some point the Football Association is going to have to offer a plausible explanation about why it has decided Roy Hodgson has better credentials than Harry Redknapp to lift and invigorate this England squad, and then at least it should become easier to make sense of its thinking and understand the processes involved.

Maybe it has been influenced by the way Tottenham have lost their way since the middle of February.

Redknapp himself has described it as a "disastrous" run. His team had dropped out of the Champions League places before Sunday's win against Blackburn Rovers. They have won only two of their last 10 league fixtures and the injustice of Juan Mata's "goal" during their FA Cup semi-final at Wembley only partially detracted from the four other legitimate ones.

Or could it be that everyone got it wildly wrong and saw something that was just not there when Redknapp walked free from Southwark crown court and, within hours, Fabio Capello's resignation had apparently left the way open for an almost seamless changeover?            More Read