Of all the ways Roy Hodgson could have described receiving the SOS plea from Watford at his first press conference yesterday, this line wasn’t expected: ‘Like a siren call from a mermaid as the sailor passes by on his ship.’
Hodgson is back and so are his analogies. The 74-year-old went on to talk about how he’s never been relegated from the Premier League, adding he’s dived in at the deep end and hopes he doesn’t drown.
Choppy waters is certainly where Watford find themselves. They’re 19th after winning one of their last 11 league games under Claudio Ranieri and Saturday’s trip to Burnley, the side beneath them, looks a must-win.