Roy Hodgson picked out Sir Elton John's first solo No.1 as his favourite hit from the Rocket Man's back catalogue, and the new Watford boss admitted: “It's no sacrifice at all being here.”
When it's raining stair-rods on the touchline at Turf Moor on Saturday, on his maiden excursion with the Hornets, at 74 he may be forced to revise his mellow outlook.
And the former England manager faces a tall order – not just Burnley's 6ft 6in signing Wout Weghorst – to save Watford from relegation.
