The thing with Hoddle is that he is a great coach/manager. His downfall came when he banged on the 'Jesus' drums and merntioned past lives and faith healing.

Now, if he'd said that he advises players to use complimentary therapy such as reiki, kinesiology, or similar people (the red tops) wouldn't have labelled him as a whacko.

Anyhow he brough religion into sport so thats a red card IMO. A decent coach and an excellent midfielder in his pomp.

Mad as a box o' frogs!

Wi t'lid on!

He lost it when he said disabled people are paying for the crimes of past lives, and if his beliefs influenced his selections then thats obviously a no no.
If he'd kept it out of football I couldn't care less though. No one belief system is more valid than another, they're all crackers.

If he had got the players together before going out on the pitch and said..' let us pray ', I could have understood his beliefs

Barry Fry piddled in each corner of London Road to get rid of a curse didn't he?

He isnt exactly saying anything that we dont already know is he.

He mental, which isnt always a bad thing