Roy Hodgson doesn't expect to be “carried shoulder-high out of the ground” when he makes an encore at Selhurst Park with doomed Watford.
But on the eve of his curtain call at Crystal Palace, the former England manager revealed why he refused to grant his successor Patrick Vieira an immediate audience to discuss the Eagles squad he left behind.
And he gave a fascinating - if slightly lop-sided - view on Watford's bitter rivalry with Palace, which is likely to be sustained by gloating if the Hornets' inevitable relegation is mathematically confirmed on Saturday.
