Goals with Hodgson

The miraculous ‘Hodgson’s Recipe’ gives immediate results Crystal palace. In just two games the former English coach was able to change the performance of the ‘eagles’, a team established in recent years in the Premier with Patrick Scallopbut that was stranded between the good intentions of taking care of the ball and the ineffectiveness of their forwards.

Hodgson has achieved a rapid change of inertia. What is surprising is how well and quickly the players have accepted the wise tactics of this prestigious 75-year-old manager, who was rescued from retirement by Palace.

what did he do to Crystal palace use pragmatic Hodgson, retired from football? The most compelling reason, his experience in a difficult time, and his knowledge of the club, which he has already saved from relegation. Hodgson He was in charge of Palace between 2017 and 2021, which he took on as the youngest player. After winning just one of their last 13 games with Vieira, Palace are slowly heading for another relegation and its American owners, led by John Textor, want to stop betting on the slide, again, to the knowledge of Hodgson, forged in a thousand against the banks. Technological entrepreneur of virtual reality, Textor was created with Crystal palace a group of timeshare clubs, including Brazilian Botafogo, Belgian second division RWD Molenbeek and French Olympique Lyon, all part of the Eagle Football LLC holding company.

As other timeshare groups do, the Crystal it benefits from the loan to other clubs of young players who stand out, so that they can eventually be placed in the parent club, Palace, which in recent seasons has established itself in the Premier and has not suffered to save itself.

What is surprising now in Hodgson’s second period is his determined commitment to attack, even though the constant in his football, throughout his long career, has always been a system of forward pressure: “I’m not in favor of giving away pass between the goalkeeper and the four defenders. To score, you have to take the ball to the other side, look and play in front.” He did the same when he arrived, sending a message of courage. The system has changed, from 4-2-3-1 to a lineup of two attacking players ‘box-to-box’ to a 4-1-4-1. That’s how they beat Leicester (2-1) and that’s how they fell to Leeds (1-5) on Saturday.

The most profitable player is Michael Olise, a talented French-English midfielder, trained in Reading, who could become one of the stars of the Premier. Aged 21, he made three assists at Elland Road and stood out for his creativity on the ball and his vision of the game, which benefited the other attackers he lined up with. Hodgson (Edouard, Ayew, Eze), producing brilliant football in which Palace equaled their best Premier League result away from Selhurst Park. Olise fought big, full of confidence, and a sign of Palace’s new spirit, under Hodgson. The ‘eagles’ finished 47 times in the last two games and with that courage they allayed all fears.