115 Quotes by Glenn Hoddle

Only 38 per cent of players in the Premier League are English; that is a damning statistic. Soon, the England manager will have to go scouting for players in the Championship - and when I say 'soon' I mean the next four or five years, perhaps even for the next World Cup.

The old adage that you shouldn't change a winning team doesn't apply in modern international football because managers have to study the opposition and pick players who exploit their weaknesses.

I have a number of alternatives, and each one gives me something different.

I often felt as a player in a 4-4-2, you end up being outnumbered in midfield and chasing the ball, so as a manager I liked wingbacks to push forward; it gives the midfield player on the ball three or four options.

If people feel 4-4-2 is the way forward in international football, they'll have to wait until I'm out of a job.

Nobody criticised me when we qualified for the World Cup when I decided that the best shape for us going forward was three men at the back and stretching the pitch width-wise, which gives you options.

We are looking to bring someone in on a short-term loan. But that's unlikely to happen before the weekend. At this level a lot of balls have got to fall into the right places for you to get a player you want short term,

We didn't create as many chances. Some games this season we've had 28 shots at goal, but I don't think that was the case today.

We're going to talk to Spurs and hope they'll let him stay to the season. They might do that with a 24-hour recall in case they get injuries.