London, Sep.2 (ANI): Coach Roy Hodgson has said that he will not do an Andre Villas Boas and axe England's old guard.
Hodgson said the Chelsea career of Andre Villas-Boas is a classic example of the wrong way to discard experienced players.
Hodgson's view is unlikely to be popular at Tottenham, where AVB is now manager.
But he explained: "Andre Villas-Boas, when he took over the Chelsea team, decided maybe that was the way he would go or, maybe was advised to go by the owner (Roman Abramovich)".
"Yet, they were eventually the players who came back and won the Champions League," the Sun quoted Hodgson, as adding.
"I want to win matches and I won't be prepared to throw players of the quality of John Terry, Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard from the national team, until I am sure that there are much better players who can take their place and help us win games they can't. Frankly, that is not happening at the moment," Hodgson said.
Hodgson is facing two World Cup qualifiers-the first in Moldova on Friday before Ukraine visit Wembley on September 11. (ANI)
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