Roy Hodgson keen to meet national coaches from other sports
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England manager Roy Hodgson will draw on the experiences of the country's other top national team coaches to help deliver success on the football pitch.
Hodgson has already met with England rugby union boss Stuart Lancaster.
"I spent three hours with him," Hodgson told BBC Radio 5 live.Sport. "We were discussing our experiences.
Hodgson said Lancaster had "a lot of problems to deal with" after taking charge following England's disappointing 2011 World Cup campaign.
"He has produced an incredible PowerPoint presentation on how he set about changing the mentality and culture," added Hodgson, who also revealed he has plans to meet former British Olympic Association director of sport Sir Clive Woodward and England cricket coach Andy Flower.
Woodward coached England to rugby union World Cup glory in 2003 and was deputy chef de mission as Team GB won 65 medals and finished third in the London 2012 medal table.
Flower has guided the England team to the top of the world rankings in both the Test and one-day formats of the game.
"Sir Clive Woodward and I are going to do a television programme where we are going to talk about our various coaching experiences," said Hodgson, who also praised the impact Dave Brailsford has had on British cycling.
England play San Marino on 12 October at Wembley and Poland on 16 October in qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
The national side struggled to reach the latter stages of the 2010 World Cup, losing in the last 16 under Fabio Capello.
After Hodgson took over the team in May, he could only guide the team to the quarter-finals of Euro 2012.
The Football Association hope the country's new national football centre at St George's Park, which coast £105m to build and opens officially on Tuesday, will improve the side's fortunes.
The 330-acre site will be the base for 24 England teams and house 12 full-size pitches, including an exact replica of the one at Wembley.
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Hodgson is one of a rare breed of football person who does not think that he has all the answers and can learn from other sports. We are fortunate in Britain currently to have people at the very top of their sports
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"Why is Woy wrong to seek advice from people with the right mentality."
The man is not wrong - but if this IS the case then he was not the man for the job.
I'll get my Oyster card out and no doubt find out what's what on the London tube ....
Well done Roy for being open-minded enough to acknowledge that nuggets of useful information are just as likely to come from "little old ladies on the bus" as they are from your own well-thumbed data base.
Roy has taken over after years of mis-management of our national team, this type of thinking is a big step forward.
Sounds like Roy has his head screwed on!
In recent years England have become #1 in the world at rugby and cricket. Football will take longer but this is a step in the right direction, long-term.
Why has there always been a dis-proportionate percentage of Scottish managers in the EPL.?
I don't have anything against the Scots, but it does seem strange to me.
There are currently 4 English and 4 Scots, yet at International level, Scotland are currently ranked 56th in the Fifa rankings and Scotland have never looked like winning anything.
Anyone watching England play, will say physical power and pace is Englands game, football is the same. It's no longer enough in both sports you need technical ability and imagination.
No top 10 fears England although England will always make it difficult.
England beat France in Paris the last time they met i.e. this year.
Of course it's wise to use experience from successful coaches in other sports.
i.e. English rugby need to look to the successful SH nations for lessons.
France need to do likewise.
Maybe Italy needs lessons from France on how it needs to develop it's game to beat Spain.