{"id":7276,"date":"2022-01-25T15:02:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T20:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/25\/official-watford-appoint-roy-hodgson-as-new-manager\/"},"modified":"2022-01-25T15:02:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T20:02:58","slug":"official-watford-appoint-roy-hodgson-as-new-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/25\/official-watford-appoint-roy-hodgson-as-new-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Official: Watford appoint Roy Hodgson as new manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Watford have confirmed that Roy Hodgson has taken over as their new manager for the remainder of 2021\/22.<\/p>\n<p>Hodgson is Watford\u2019s 3<sup>rd<\/sup> manager of the season so far, replacing Claudio Ranieri who was sacked after just 13 Premier League outings.<\/p>\n<p>Watford would confirm the news via their official Twitter account:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We are delighted to confirm the appointment of Roy Hodgson as the club\u2019s manager.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to Watford, Roy!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Watford Football Club (@WatfordFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WatfordFC\/status\/1486051247463485447?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nWatford would also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watfordfc.com\/news\/official-hodgson-appointed-manager\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">confirm<\/a> that Hodgson has brought Ray Lewington with him to be his assistant. Lewington knows the club well after managing them between 2002 and 2005.<\/p>\n<p>It has been revealed elsewhere that Hodgson has already taken charge of the club\u2019s training on Tuesday:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u25aa\ufe0f Club \u201cthrilled\u201d to secure \u201cdouble act\u201d Hodgson and Lewington<br \/>\n\u25aa\ufe0f \u201cThey\u2019ll connect with the players\u201d<br \/>\n\u25aa\ufe0f Hodgson took charge of Watford training this afternoon<br \/>\n\u25aa\ufe0f New boss tasked with improving incidents of \u201cplayground defending\u201d under Ranieri<\/p>\n<p>? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamLeventhal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AdamLeventhal<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/domfifield?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@domfifield<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Athletic UK (@TheAthleticUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthleticUK\/status\/1486043943984775168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nRoy Hodgson facing uphill task at Watford<\/h2>\n<p>The former Crystal Palace man joins Watford with the club currently sat 19<sup>th<\/sup> in the Premier League table.<\/p>\n<p>They can move out of the bottom three if they win their games in hand on Newcastle and Norwich.<\/p>\n<p>However, Watford are in dismal form and are set for a very tough run of games. Hodgson\u2019s first match as boss will see the Hornets take on Burnley on Saturday the 5<sup>th<\/sup> of February. As Burnley are currently bottom of the PL with several games in hand, it is a must-win for Watford.<\/p>\n<p>Following that game, Watford face off with West Ham, Brighton, Aston Villa, Manchester United and Arsenal \u2013 all of which look set to prove stern tests for this Watford team.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-betting-tips\/premier-league-golden-boot-race-latest-odds-and-tips-2021-22\/\">Premier League golden boot race: Latest odds and tips 2021\/22<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-betting-tips\/premier-league-relegation-race-latest-odds-and-tips-2021-22\/\">Premier League relegation race: Latest odds and tips 2021\/22<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watford have confirmed that Roy Hodgson has taken over as their new manager for the remainder of 2021\/22. Hodgson is Watford\u2019s 3rd manager of the season so far, replacing Claudio Ranieri who was sacked after just 13 Premier League outings. Watford would confirm the news via their official Twitter account: We are delighted to confirm [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-7276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7276\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}