Three quarters of Britons back Roy Hodgson as England manager
The majority of Britons back Roy Hodgson as England football manager despite England's early World Cup exit, according to the Ipsos Political Monitor for July 2014.
Three-quarters of Britons describe the England team as disappointing, after England’s performance in the 2014 World Cup.
But only one in eight want Roy Hodgson to be sacked, even though just a quarter think England are well-managed.
There was good news for England football manager Roy Hodgson today, as the latest polling from Ipsos shows he is backed to stay on as manager by three quarters (73%) of Britons, with just 12% saying he should be sacked.
This comes despite England’s ignominious exit from the World Cup, knocked out in the qualifying round with losses and a draw – the worst ever England performance at a major tournament. This is reflected in descriptions of the England team – asked to pick which of a list of words they would use to describe them, ‘disappointing’ (76%), ‘boring’ (44%) and ‘inexperienced’ (40%) come out top; just 26% describe them as ‘well-managed’, despite public backing for Mr Hodgson.
Germany, in contrast, are most described as ‘well-managed’ (64% to England’s 26%), ‘focused’ (63% to England’s 18%), ‘talented’ (61% to England’s 29%) and ‘committed’ (60% to England’s 26%).
Public opinion is split on what effect the World Cup had on the mood of the British public, with enthusiasm for a well-received World Cup perhaps dampened by England’s early exit. Around a quarter each think the effect was positive (28%) and negative (25%), with 40% saying it had no effect either way. This compares with the much more positive effect caused by the 2012 Olympics; even one year on in July 2013, 70% said that they thought it was having a positive impact on the country’s mood.
“Team GB’s golden performance in the London 2012 Olympics was in no way matched by England in Brazil, so perhaps it’s not surprising that the World Cup also had a much more anaemic impact on the mood of the country. However, there seems to be little appetite among the public for Roy Hodgson to be sacked, despite the fact that the England team is seen as being some way behind the victorious Germans on being well-managed."Downloads:
Technical note: Ipsos interviewed a representative sample of 1,000 adults aged 18+ across Great Britain. Interviews were conducted by telephone 12th – 15th July 2014. Data are weighted to match the profile of the population. The list of words used to describe each country was partly based on the analysis by Cambridge University Press to identify words typically associated with each team.
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