Premier League Boss Strikes Sceptical Note On Impact Sam Allardyce Can Have At Leeds United
68-year-old Allardyce was appointed by Leeds on Wednesday following the dismissal of Spaniard Javi Gracia amid the relegation fear looming large over the Elland Road outfit.
Allardyce, who has a notable history of successfully steering Sunderland, Crystal Palace and Everton to safety when the outfits were in dire straits, is set to face an uphill task at Leeds, as the Whites are now on a shambolic run with four losses and one draw in their last five encounters.
Hodgson returned to his boyhood club Crystal Palace in March after the sacking of Patrick Vieira amid the Eagles sitting three points clear of the drop zone and their 12-game winless run.
With Palace’s safety in the Premier League virtually secured, the Eagles’ boss was asked his view on Allardyce’s appointment and insisted if he was the Leeds owner he would be wondering why the players would be able to do something they have not been able to do until now.
He also questioned the timing of the decision of the Leeds management to appoint a new manager with only four games left in the league.
“Leeds obviously felt this was something they needed to do”, Hodgson told a press conference.
“I must say I do find it a little bit strange to see there are so many changes so very, very late in the season now, where really I don’t quite know what the new manager is really expected to do.
“There is no magic.
“There is no dust that you sprinkle over the team.
“You can only work with the players who are there.
“It will be if the players really can react to a new manager I suppose and find something they haven’t found before.
“But if I was the owner of the club I would be asking the question can they find something that hasn’t been there before?
“What’s stopped them up to this point?“
The Whites are set to face league-leaders Manchester City on Saturday and will be hoping to get a positive result from the match as well as a fillip of staying afloat under their new manager.
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