Hodgson’s hopeful honeymoon

Roy Hodgson’s honeymoon period as England manager is still in full swing, in fact it has barely made it out of its luxury hotel suite and is still lounging dreamily on its novelty water bed after four promising results.

But playing Ukraine in Donetsk provides potential for the happy couple to have their first falling out and only tonight will we know for certain if it really is going to be happy-ever-after.

Relationship counsellors should certainly be on stand-by despite the promising performances of the last few weeks; because over the years England fans have regularly made the mistake of getting over-excited by the arrival of a new manager and the impact he has on his team’s early results.