‘He performed it completely into area!’: Followers see the humorous aspect as Roy Hodgson fails to manage a excessive ball on the touchline throughout Crystal Palace’s win over West Ham – with the 75-year-old supervisor displaying a rusty first contact
- Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson has been mocked for his ball management in 4-3 win
- The 75-year-old was paradoxically hailed for his ‘Golden Contact’ of a wayward ball
- Palace’s thrilling 4-3 win over West Ham takes them above Chelsea within the desk
Twitter made mild enjoyable of Roy Hodgson after he confirmed off his abilities on the ball throughout Crystal Palace’s thrilling 4-3 win over London rivals West Ham on Saturday.
Halfway by the primary half, a wayward kick introduced the ball to the aspect of the pitch, and the 75-year-old Palace boss caught out his foot to cope with it, though he didn’t pluck it from the sky, as an alternative sending it spinning into open area.
He was sporting a go well with and tie on the sidelines, not a tracksuit, which can have been a hindrance in his makes an attempt to convey down the ball – and it despatched social media right into a frenzy.
BT Sport, who have been displaying the Saturday lunchtime kick-off dwell, shared a clip of Hodgson’s ball abilities with the caption: ‘Not the best of touches, Roy!’ and a laughing crying emoji.
Roy Hodgson tried to convey down a wayward ball throughout Crystal Palace’s win on Saturday
Hodgson’s try and convey down a tough excessive ball didn’t go in response to plan
However others defended the Crystal Palace boss, probably with their tongue-in-cheek. One responded to BT stating: ‘What you on about, he performed it completely into area’.
One mentioned the ex-England boss was ‘channeling’ Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku throughout the second, which occurred together with his crew 2-1 up within the match regardless of initially falling behind.
One other fan went additional nonetheless, hailing Hodgson to have a ‘Golden Contact’, whereas one other brazenly admitted that the 75-year-old’s ball management was ‘nonetheless higher than mine’.
Crystal Palace managed to safe a 4-3 win over West Ham United at Selhurst Park
A number of followers have been fast to pledge their assist to Hodgson for his ball abilities in opposition to West Ham
Whereas one supporter unfairly added 5 years by rounding the previous England supervisor’s age as much as the closest decade, they mentioned it was ‘fairly superior for somebody that is virtually 80 tbh’.
One other might solely think about the memes which might have resulted from a finer contact often reserved for social media clips. ‘Want he introduced that down man’, one fan mused, ‘the content material would have been outrageous’.
Because the begin of April, Palace have gained 4 of their six league fixtures, drawing one other and shedding simply as soon as with Tuesday’s 2-0 defeat on the street at Wolves.
Hodgson had the final giggle as his wonderful return as interim supervisor continues
Followers hailed the ex-England boss’s ‘superior’ management, however want he’d introduced the ball down
Saturday’s win over struggling West Ham moved Crystal Palace to eleventh place within the Premier League desk.
It took them above Chelsea, albeit having performed two extra video games compared to Frank Lampard’s Blues, who will not be in motion till Tuesday.
Crystal Palace’s subsequent match can also be a London derby, this time an away journey to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium subsequent Saturday.