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Fans react with anger to Roy Hodgson’s ‘rude’ and ‘disgraceful’ farewell press conference

Published 19:00 28 Jun 2016 BST

Updated 19:19 28 Jun 2016 BST

Nooruddean Choudry
Fans react with anger to Roy Hodgson’s ‘rude’ and ‘disgraceful’ farewell press conference

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Oh Roy.

Roy Hodgson cut a forlorn figure immediately following England's embarrassing defeat to Iceland on Monday night. It may have been a shambles of a performance, but his broken demeanour had many feeling rather sorry for him - even whilst acknowledging he'd been a failure. But on Tuesday afternoon, a very different Roy was on show. He was abrupt, visibly annoyed and well...sulking. It was obvious that he was only there due to his contractual obligations, and made his irritation abundantly clear. FBL-EURO-2016-ENG-PRESSER : News Photo "I don't really know what I'm doing here," he complained. "I thought my statement last night was sufficient. I'm no longer the England manager - my time has been and gone." "I suppose someone has to stand and take the slings and arrows that come with it [the defeat to Iceland]." He added a barbed reference to his detractors in the media, with the clear suggestion that 'football men' would have a level of understanding and empathy for his plight. "I think anybody who's out there, who knows anything about football - who's even played the game of football - will have some idea of how I feel today." https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/747809946637471744 Suffice to say, his moody performance didn't go down very well with journalists and fans alike... https://twitter.com/aharry79/status/747831270260998144 https://twitter.com/Bossdonerkebab/status/747831390788530176 https://twitter.com/philmcnulty/status/747811226407809024 https://twitter.com/JackSteves/status/747831364955824128 https://twitter.com/Aidan_Day/status/747831233799929857 https://twitter.com/MikeKeegan_DM/status/747809126571442176 https://twitter.com/DanKennett/status/747812122529251328 https://twitter.com/1976MAJ/status/747824919845699584 https://twitter.com/BenBrady7/status/747819255408787456 SNAPCHAT

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