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Article: CLUES OF THE COACH; Players know line-up.(Sports)
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- Sports Argus (Birmingham, England)
- Article date:
- June 13, 1998
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England's line-up is in Glenn Hoddle's head. You can assume the players know who will start against Tunisia on Monday. Which leaves the rest of the world to wonder.
Or does it? Man by man, it falls as securely into place as the number on a master safe-maker's lock.
Unpicking it from Hoddle's clues - even though he loves leaving false trails - requires only a few assumptions, unless he is about to do something amazingly out-oharacter and choose a Bobby Gould-style stunner.
To begin with, Hoddle will opt for three central defenders, Tony Adams ...